queenie

Noun

(plural queenies)

(colloquial) An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address). [from 20th c.]
(UK) The queen scallop. [from 20th c.]

Origin

From queen +‎ -ie.

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He was twice married: in 1787 to Jane Mercer, daughter of Colonel William Mercer of Aldie; and in 1808 to Hester Maria Thrale, who is spoken of as "Queenie" in Boswell's Life of Johnson and Mme.

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