adj
Meaning 1
Strange, odd, unusual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: simile
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Phrase guide
queer as a clockwork orange
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adj
Meaning 2
Unusually camp, unusually homosexual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: simile
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History
Etymology
Cockney phrase from East London indicating something bizarre internally, but appearing natural and normal on the surface. Author Anthony Burgess appropriated the phrase for the title of his novella A Clockwork Orange.