rough trade noun Slang.
- male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
- a male homosexual prostitute who engages in brutality or sadism, or such homosexuals 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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- 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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