Origin of "Queer Street"

Posted by Richard Osborne on August 17, 2002

I found the origin of this phrase ("in debt") quite interesting, and unexpected, considering the context in which I have heard it used in the U.S.: I heard a boxing commentator describe a prizefighter who had taken a number of hard blows to the head as taking a walk on "Queer Street."

• Origin of "Queer Street" James Briggs 08/18/02