friend of Dorothy

British

/ ˈdɒrəθɪ /

noun

informal a male homosexual

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Etymology

Origin of friend of Dorothy

C20: after a character in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz played by Judy _Garland , who has a large gay following

Example Sentences

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But, according to people we called, Bessie was a friend of Dorothy Andersen—or “Andy” as she was known to Bessie.

From Scientific American • Nov. 25, 2021

I had always heard of her as one of the group of writers who live near or in Manchester, Vt.—a friend of Dorothy Canfield Fisher and of Robert Frost.

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