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Meaning of "queer street" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF QUEER STREET

queer street play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUEER STREET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Queer street is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUEER STREET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Queer street

Queer street is a colloquial term referring to a person being in some difficulty, most commonly financial. It is often associated with Carey Street, where London's bankruptcy courts were once located.

Definition of queer street in the English dictionary

The definition of queer street in the dictionary is a difficult situation, such as debt or bankruptcy.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUEER STREET

queeny
queer
queer fish
queer someone´s pitch
queer-basher
queer-bashing
queer-looking
queer-sounding
queercore
queerdom
queerish
queerity
queerly
queerness
queest

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUEER STREET

backstreet
Bay Street
Bradstreet
cross street
Downing Street
Easy Street
Fleet Street
greet
High Street
high-street
Main Street
man in the street
off-street
side street
street
the Arab street
the High Street
Threadneedle Street
through street
to be a one-way street
Wall Street

Synonyms and antonyms of queer street in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «queer street» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUEER STREET

Find out the translation of queer street to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of queer street from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «queer street» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

酷儿街
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calle extraña
570 millions of speakers

English

queer street
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समलैंगिक सड़क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشارع عليل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

странная улица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estranha rua
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাইজার রাস্তায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rue queer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jalan yang aneh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

queer Straße
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

奇妙な街
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동성애 거리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dalan sing aneh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường phố đồng tính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விவேர் தெரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विचित्र रस्त्यावर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Queer sokak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strada queer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

queer street
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дивна вулиця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stradă ciudat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

queer δρόμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

queer straat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

queer gata
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

queer street
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of queer street

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUEER STREET»

The term «queer street» is normally little used and occupies the 148.440 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUEER STREET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about queer street

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUEER STREET»

Discover the use of queer street in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to queer street and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Queer Street: Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985
The postwar generation of queer New York has found a sophisticated bard singing 'the elders' history' (The New York Times). James McCourt's seminal Queer Street has proven unrivaled in its ability to capture the voices of a mad, bygone era.
James McCourt, 2005
2
Queer Attachments: The Cultural Politics of Shame
... the Writer Award, again, and Shameless got the prize for Best Drama Series. Anne-Marie Duff, the series' female lead, got the Best Actress award. Paul Abbott now has his own production company, Chapter 5: Shameless in Queer Street.
Professor Sally R Munt, 2012
3
Queer Street
Jake's search for Trixie's killer takes him from the hallways of high society to the back alleys of blackmail and corruption -- and through dangerous detours on Queer Street.
Curt Colbert, 2005
4
All the Year Round
Let Ezra Jennings tell how the venture with the opinm was tried, and how it ended. QUEER-STREET. The author of Ravenshoc informs his readers that " the good people in this world outnumber the bad ten to one," and backs his assertion with ...
Charles Dickens, 1868
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The Slang Dictionary; Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, ...
QUEER STREET, " in QUEER STREET," in difficulty or in want QUEER CUFFEN, a justice of the peace, or magistrate — a very ancient term, mentioned in the earliest Slang dictionary. QUERIER, a chimney-sweep who calls from house to ...
John Camden Hotten, 1870
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N+1, Number One: Negation
I bring this up because many of Mc- Court's original readership, his true believers , will not be able to savor Queer Street: every member of my own opera circle (for example), aside from myself and maybe one other, missing-in-action devotee, ...
Mark Greif, n+1, Benjamin Kunkel, Sam Lipsyte, Keith Gessen, Mark Greif, Dushko Petrovich, Joshua Glenn, Vladimir Sorokin, Marco Roth, Masha Gessen, Chad Harbach, Patrick Giles, Keith Gessen, 2004
7
Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, ...
... 1976); Hugh David, On Queer Street: A Social History of British Homosexuality, 1895–1995 (London: Harper Collins, 1997); H. Montgomery Hyde, The Other Love: An Historical and Contemporary Survey of Homosexuality in Britain ( London: ...
Matt Houlbrook, 2005
8
Letters from Queer Street; Being Some of the Correspondence ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
J. H. M. (John Henry Macartney) Abbott, 2012
9
Queer Street Cookbook
With a disposable income and an artistic bent, queers are seriously into cuisine. The Queer Cookbook takes a peak behind the net curtains, and lets us in on recipes and hot tips for that perfect dish.
‎1996
10
The City in Slang
Old British slang gave us a few specific street names in the neighborhood of Poverty Row. In the literary life, one can end up in Grub Street working as a hack. 53 In any walk of life, if things get bad enough one can land in Queer Street, that is, ...
Irving L. Allen, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUEER STREET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term queer street is used in the context of the following news items.
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Manchester's Canal Street life to be shown in new fly-on-the-wall …
The show, called Queer Street, focuses on the exploits of people who 'live, work and play' around the village – including working drag queens, a rugby team, ... «Manchester Evening News, May 15»
2
Docusoap Queer Street highlights gay life on Manchester's Canal …
Queer Street follows the lives of a group of LGBT and drag performing characters who live, work and play on the street. Like Drag Queens of London before it, ... «So So Gay, May 15»
3
New Gay TV Programme, Queer Street, Is Everything
Check out the trailer for the UK's newest TV show Queer Street, based in Manchester. Queer Street is a documentary series which follows the lives of some of the ... «The Gay UK, May 15»
4
UFC Fighter Ross Pearson Puts Training Partner on Queer Street
UFC lightweight Ross Pearson recently knocked out his sparring partner with a left high kick, and the carnage was captured via Pearson's Instagram for the ... «Bleacher Report, May 14»
5
Former Take That boss loses court battle over use of the word 'queer'
But a judge has now thrown out the claim against brothers Lawrence and Darren Barton of the Nightingale Group, owners of “Queer Street” in Birmingham. «PinkNews.co.uk, Mar 14»
6
Former Take That boss loses court battle over 'Queer' name row
Mr Smith, whose company owned Canal Street nightspot “Bar Queer”, had claimed a venue set up in Birmingham called “Queer Street” was an infringement of ... «Manchester Evening News, Mar 14»
7
Birmingham Pride director wins legal battle over Take That founder
Ironically Queer Street closed its doors during the time the case ran its course, though Mr Barton said that was a commercial decision and in its place they had ... «Birmingham Post, Feb 14»
8
Dangers lurk on Queer street
I've picked enough fights already lately. Like most of you, I really don't want to know what my neighbours, straight or queer, do in their bedrooms. And I don't give ... «Courier Mail, Aug 13»
9
Former Take That manager sues Birmingham gay bar Queer Street
The music mogul owns Manchester nightspot Queer and has gone to court to try to get Birmingham bar Queer Street to change its name. He says his Canal ... «Birmingham Mail, Mar 13»
10
High Court battle between two gay bars over the right to use the …
Nigel Martin-Smith, the music promoter who formed Take That in 1990, is suing the owners of a recently-launched venue in Birmingham called 'Queer Street' in ... «Daily Mail, Mar 13»

REFERENCE
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