bent as a nine-bob note

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Extremely dishonest or criminally-minded. UK,slang
  2. Ostentatiously homosexual. UK,slang

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phony as a three-dollar bill

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In pre-decimal English money, a nine-bob (nine-shilling) note would obviously be fraudulent, since there was no such denomination.
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