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The meaning of "ginger beer"
"
Ginger Beer
"
Meaning:
Cockney rhyming slang for queer.
Example:
Julian is ginger - and I don't mean that he's got red hair.
Where did it originate?:
Britain
.
Where is it used?:
Mostly Britain.
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