GAY!
Hah! Just watching it again today - and I heard that offscreen banter between Lotte Lenya and Jill St. John about the term "chicken-hawk."
HAH! Totally a gay phrase that's been around since men were first pursuing younger men.
Of course, Tennessee Williams put it in there, no doubt, as a wink to his gay audience members. No doubt str8 audiences are clueless in the meantime.
"Don't call me 'honey', mac."
"Don't call me 'mac'... HONEY!"