rough trade

noun [U]

slang

Definition

› male prostitutes who have sex with other men and who give the appearance of being from a poor social class: He went to the docks to pick up a bit of rough trade.People who sell sex or are promiscuous

(Definition of rough trade noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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