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[US] A. Karlen Sexuality & Homosexuality 308: Bird originally meant female prostitute in England, but by 1920 it meant a male homosexual or any bizarre person [Simes:DLSS].
at bird, n.1
[US] A. Karlen Sexuality & Homosexuality 312: In the gay bars, butches would hover jealously over their bitches—frilly, feminine-looking women wearing jewelry and playing the flirtatious little girl [Simes:DLSS].
at bitch, n.1
[US] A. Karlen Sexuality & Homosexuality 308: Some slang reported in the thirties died or changed meaning. Nola meant a homosexual; a brilliant or jam fag was a vain and effeminate male homosexual [Simes:DLSS].
at brilliant, n.
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