Queer Street

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queer street

(sometimes capitals) Informal a difficult situation, such as debt or bankruptcy (in the phrase in queer street)

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Queer Street

n (Brit inf) to be in Queer Street → pleite or blank sein (inf); we’ll really be in Queer Street if that happens → wenn das passiert, sind wir wirklich in Schwulitäten (inf)

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