Definition of Queenie

1. Proper noun. (English female given name) ¹

2. Noun. (colloquial) An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address). (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

3. Noun. (U.K.) The queen scallop. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Queenie

1. a scallop [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Queenie

queen post
queen regent
queen regnant
queen triggerfish
queen truss
queen trusses
queencraft
queendom
queendoms
queene
queened
queenes
queenfish
queenfishes
queenhood
queenier
queenies
queeniest
queening
queenings
queenish
queenite
queenites
queenless
queenlet
queenlets
queenlier
queenliest
queenlike

Literary usage of Queenie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1860)
"Poor Queenie, if any thing could have crushed out the electric spark kindled in ... However, ehe did not object to Queenie'e keeping her room with a cold, ..."

2. An Anthology of Recent Poetryby Lettice D'Oyly Walters by Lettice D'Oyly Walters (1920)
"Queenie Scott-Hopper: Pull the Bobbin. Marion St. John Webb: The Littlest One. The Macmillan Company, New York John Masefield: Ballads and Poems. Messrs. ..."

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