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Queenie¹

  • /ˈkwiːni/ UK

Rhymes with -iːni

Where it comes from

From queen + -ie.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from English. George sat down. Queenie got up. 'Could I have some money to buy a birthday present for somebody?' she asked.

queenie²

  • /ˈkwiːni/ UK

Rhymes with -iːni

Where it comes from

From queen + -ie. Piecewise doublet of queanie.

noun queenies

  1. colloquial An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address). He looks like Eddie Izzard gone too far and sounds a little like Rod Steiger's queenie turn in No Way to Treat a Lady.
  2. UK The queen scallop. There are no closed seasons for queenies or restrictions on fishing time or catches.

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@misc{queenie_2026,
  title = {queenie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/queenie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}