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1camp as a row of tents — Phrs. See camp as a row of pink tents (above) …
2camp as a row of pink tents — Phrs. Very camp (see above), or gay. E.g. He was a camp as a row of pink tents and wouldn t have been out of place in a Mr Gay UK competition. Cf. camp as a row of tents …
3As camp as a row of tents — homosexual …
4as camp as a row of tents — Australian Slang homosexual …
5camp — 1) adj homosexual, effeminate or affectedly the atrical in manner, gesture, speech, etc. A word which emerged from theatrical slang into general use in the 1960s. The sense of the term has moved from the specific (a (male) homosexual) to the… …
6camp — I. /kæmp / (say kamp) noun 1. a group of tents, caravans, or other temporary shelters in one place: *Most of the Kurds passed the Allied run refugee camp of 1200 tents just outside Zakho, deciding instead to return home –herald sun, 1991. 2. the… …
7camp — 1. adj. Exaggerated. Affected. Effeminate. 2. adj. Homosexual. Also camp as a row of pink tents. 3. v. Behave in exaggerated and/or effeminate way. Usu. camp it up (often theat.). 4. n. Behaviour of this kind. Also high camp Specially… …
8As camp as a row of pink tents — (of a male) homosexual …
9as camp as a row of pink tents — Australian Slang (of a male) homosexual …
10bent as a nine bob note — Phrs. 1. Homosexual. See bent . 2. Crooked, dishonest. A catch phrase whose original meaning was version 2, but with the onset of bent referring to homosexually has come to be heard more with regard to version 1. In British currency, a bob was a… …
