- wear Dick's hatband
- see Dick's hatband
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
Dick's hatband — obsolete an indication of male homosexuality Punning on the crown which the effete Richard Cromwell was unfit to wear in succession to his mighty father, Oliver, and the discoloration: Hello, thinks I, he ain t one of the Dick s… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms