pork and bean n.
(Aus.) a male homosexual.
letter 14 May in S.J. Baker papers MLMSS 165: Box 3: [S]everal of them were having an argument as to whether Sir Lawrence Olivier were a haricot. I asked one of them for an explanation and he said, ‘It’s rhyming slang; a haricot bean is a quean [...] I mentioned it to some people who were not in show business and they said they'd never heard of it, but one said he had heard pork-and-bean used to mean the same thing’. | ||
‘Whisper All Aussie Dict.’ in Kings Cross Whisper (Sydney) xxxviii 10/2: pork and bean: Queen. Also a feminine homosexual. | ||
He who Shoots Last 129: Dat’s da wing where dey got all da horses hoofs and da pork and beans. Ya sees, da queers is all penned up together. | ||
(con. 1941) No Medals for Aphrodite 189: I never been happy about this bloke. Looks a bit of a pork-an’-bean to me. That why ya shepherding ’im? Mates, eh? | ||
Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 39: Pork and Bean Queen. | ||
Dirty Cockney Rhy. Sl. |