"queenie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkwiːni/ [UK] Audio: En-au-queeny.ogg [Australia] Forms: queenies [plural]
Rhymes: -iːni Etymology: From queen + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|queen|ie}} queen + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} queenie (plural queenies)
  1. (colloquial) An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address). Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Male
    Sense id: en-queenie-en-noun-9twC9qE~ Disambiguation of Male: 74 26
  2. (UK) The queen scallop. Tags: UK Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-queenie-en-noun-MDddpHv6 Disambiguation of People: 2 98 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 30 70

Inflected forms

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