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Answer for the clue "She's "too cute to be a minute over 17" in a Chuck Berry song ", 7 letters:
queenie

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The name Queenie is an affectionate, or pet use, of the term queen - and is thought to be derived from the Old English word 'cwen', meaning 'woman' rather than a reference to the monarch or his wife . As a first name it can also mean "Royal Lady" or "Ruler". ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
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.