bent as a nine-bob note

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#1·1d ago

(simile, UK, slang) Extremely dishonest or criminally-minded.

Origin: In pre-decimal English money, a nine-bob (nine-shilling) note would obviously be fraudulent, since there was no such denomination. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·1d ago

(simile, UK, slang) Ostentatiously homosexual.

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