Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US prison) a male homosexual.

1970

J. Blake Joint 45: The strange did manage to roam at certain times, I later learned, and were able to rendezvous with the jailhouse lovers, who provided them with cigarettes, makeup and the things that make a girl’s life easier.

2. an unknown woman, usu. in a sexual context; thus a bit / piece of strange.

[1843		N.Y. Sporting Whip 18 Feb. n.p.: Let the infatuated fools of young men who are fond of the ‘strange woman’ look [...] and learn].
1983		Eble Campus Sl. Nov. 5: strange – date who is not your girlfriend/boyfriend.
1990		S. Morgan Homeboy 276: Except on days when he yearned for some strange.
1998		(con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 102: You don’t even want to be thinkin’ about messing with any strange.
2001		K. Sampson Outlaws (ms.) 66: It’s not really me, all of that — mistresses and bits of strange and what have you.
2008		Simon & Burns ‘Cradle of Civilization’ Generation Kill ep. 2 [TV script] I asked about pussy. Guy told me I’d get to go to Thailand and get all kinds of strange.
2017		T. Pluck Bad Boy Boogie [ebook] Frankie got word about his last piece of strange.
2017		D. Winslow The Force [ebook] Donna Russo knows—she has to know—that her husband has a gumar on Columbus Avenue and gets strange every chance that comes up.
2025		C. Stella Rapino/Amato 81: Word on the street was he was hung like a horse and took great pride in fucking as much strange as he could.