rough trade

rough trade
   an uncouth male in a sexual role
   Aggressive and often badly dressed or unwashed, he may be the consort, with whom she regularly copulates, of a wealthy or cultured woman:
    ... being admonished... for her public Ugandan activities with her 'rough trade' boyfriend. (Private Eye, April 1981)
   Much homosexual use, both of an uncouth person and of consorting with him:
    I don't do chickenhawks and I don't do rough trade and I don't work men's rooms. (M. Thomas, 1980)

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