rough trade
gay male prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
a gay male prostitute who engages in brutality or sadism, or such gay men collectively.
violent, often brutal sex acts.
a lower-class man who is found sexually attractive by a gay man from a higher social class.
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How to use rough trade in a sentence
Complaints about rough trade and founder Geoff Travis pepper the book.
Speed Read: 13 Juiciest Bits From Morrissey’s ‘Autobiography’ | Nico Hines | October 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“The smell of money replaced the smell of overcooked rice in the rough trade cloisters,” he writes.
Speed Read: 13 Juiciest Bits From Morrissey’s ‘Autobiography’ | Nico Hines | October 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe loved teenage boys and rough trade and fell in love easily and often.
Think what it meant to work out of such a crude, rough trade into one so delicate!
Christopher and the Clockmakers | Sara Ware BassettHe is a simple workman, who toils ten hours a day at his rough trade of iron-worker to supply his wants.'
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for rough trade
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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