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Hattie McDaniel's "Show Boat" role
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queenie
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Queenie was an elephant who was used to give rides for children at Melbourne Zoo for 40 years. Queenie was a very popular exhibit, with large crowds of children often gathering around her enclosure even when she was not giving rides. She was often teased ...
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n. 1 (context colloquial English) An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address). (from 20th c.) 2 (context UK English) The queen scallop. (from 20th c.)
Usage examples of queenie.
During the postlude she would point out her choices to Queenie and Sister, and all three would hurry off to capture the men before anyone else got to them.
It was, however, maddeningly slow—made even slower by the sloshing heft of the Igloo cooler, which was filled with fresh Lake Jesup water especially for Queenie.
Inside the plastic container was precisely thirty gallons of Lake Jesup's purest, and in that agitated but freshly oxygenated water was the fish called Queenie, flaring her fins, jawing silent fulminations.