beefcake

beefcake
   a male seen as a sexual object
   The derivation is from the former meaning, a picture of a male for erotic female gratification, the converse of cheesecake. Both heterosexual and homosexual use:
    ... the bellboys were choice beefcakedressed as native bearers, bare-chested, in loincloths and sandals. (Anonymous, 1996)

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