Queer Street noun▶ in Queer Street; on Queer Street experiencing difficulties, especially financial difficulties; in a vulnerable position UK,1952
LaMotta’s on Queer Street, but he’s still standing — RagingBull, 1980
My body yearned for a couple of Percodans, but I knew that they would put me on Queer Street, and that’s not where I wanted to be right now. — Harlan Coben, TellNoOne, p. 295, 2001