queer as Dick's hatband

English

Etymology

A variant (the earliest attested and formerly most common) of the phrase Dick's hatband

Adjective

queer as Dick's hatband (not comparable)

1. (colloquial, dated, possibly offensive) Very queer: very unusual or strange.
   • 1742, James Ayres, Sancho at Court, act III, line 44:

     A young Lady, the first or second Day of her Marriage, looks as queer as Dick's Hat-Band.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:strange

Derived terms

• as queer as Dick's hatband

References

• “hatband, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2017.