ROUGH TRADE Definition & Meaning

rough trade

[ ruhf treyd ]

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noun

Slang.

gay male prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
a gay male prostitute who engages in brutality or sadism, or such gay men collectively.
violent, often brutal sex acts.
a lower-class man who is found sexually attractive by a gay man from a higher social class.

rough trade

noun

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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of rough trade¹

First recorded in 1925–30

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A clerk at Rough Trade Gear in Silver Lake claimed the store had never sold alkyl nitrites, despite highlights promoting poppers on its Instagram.

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While SOPHIE's was named Rough Trade's album of the year, some critics considered it too "safe" for such a pioneering and experimental talent.

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Belgium was asked by the EU to draft a proposal and it hopes to retain Antwerp as the main hub for rough trade.

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Tim, by contrast, has a lot of feelings about God, and one particular Republican; as a conservative anti-communist Catholic who reveres Joseph McCarthy, he struggles with his faith and with his sexuality — which Hawk, who passes easily for straight and slides encounters with random rough trade carelessly into his schedule — does not struggle with at all.

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A swish artist was trumpeting “13 Most Wanted Men,” complete with clear undertones of enthusiasm for illicit rough trade.

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