Green’s Dictionary of Slang

dearie one n.

[stereotyped inter-homosexual term of address dearie]

(US) a homosexual male, use. effeminate.

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[US]B. Wolfe Magic of Singing 178: ‘Sir, me and my friends here would like to know, sir, are you a dearie one?’ ‘Am I a what?’ ‘Are you a fagola, sir? [...] we gotta know’ [Simes:DLSS].