queen for a day

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queen for a day

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1. Defined by Bruce Rodgers in The Queen's Vernacular (1972) as: ' Man who whoops it up on his red-letter day birthday, etc "Santa Claus is, at Christmas Eve, a queen for a day."'

2. To be treated like a queen (instead of a cook, mother and chief bottle-washer) for a day.

QUOTE: In Corrina, Corrina (1994) Mrs. Washington (Whoopie Goldberg) is listening to television:
-- A TV ad: ' Would YOU like to be queen for a day? '
-- Corrina: ' I knew a guy in my neighborhood who wanted to be queen for a day, and you know what happened to him, don't you? '

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