friend of Dorothy BrE informal

Is this a new euhpemism to take over from "friend of Dorothy"?

A positive answer to "Are you a friend of Dorothy?"

He is also a good friend of Dorothy.

Unbelievably, it seems that I have become a very good friend of Dorothy.

Billina - A yellow hen and good friend of Dorothy.

It is your independent guide to the best the city has to offer, and has something for any friend of Dorothy...

The expression, "Is he a friend of Dorothy?"

She was a friend of Dorothy Whitelock, who wrote her obituary after she died in 1967.

Suzanne Fellini, a female friend of Dorothy Price.

Stating that, or asking if, someone was a "friend of Dorothy" was a euphemism used for discussing sexual orientation without others knowing its meaning.

But I hadn't come to Kansas in search of a rainbow, a wizard, or even any friends of Dorothy.

If you're a friend of Dorothy, are you duty-bound to idolize Judy Garland?

Another friend of Dorothy's," replied Tip. "

Any friend of Dorothy," remarked the Cowardly Lion, "must be our friend, as well.

Wallace replies that the Wizard considers Lamb the only true Friend of Dorothy.

Cruise Critic on "Friends of Dorothy"

The Cowardly Lion - The talking lion who is a good friend of Dorothy.

It was Daniel Tarkin, the stocky, heavily-built chemist-inventor friend of Dorothy's dead father.

There was also plenty of jocularity at the bars, where "Friends of Dorothy" happy hours gathered kindred spirits on the ship.

She offers the same tired routine we've heard for years: that "friends of Dorothy" relate to Garland only because of their shared life's traumas.