skin flick
noun [C] US slangDefinition
› a film that shows sexual acts in a way that is intended to cause sexual excitement but that would be considered unpleasant and offensive by many people: It's a cheap movie house that only shows skin flicks.Sexual devices and the sex industryTypes of film and cinema ratings
(Definition of skin flick noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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