rough trade

[ ruhf-treyd ]

nounSlang.
  1. gay male prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.

  2. a gay male prostitute who engages in brutality or sadism, or such gay men collectively.

  1. violent, often brutal sex acts.

  2. a lower-class man who is found sexually attractive by a gay man from a higher social class.

Origin of rough trade

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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British Dictionary definitions for rough trade

rough trade

noun
  1. slang (in homosexual use) a tough or violent sexual partner, esp a lorry driver, construction worker, or docker, casually picked up

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