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gentleman of the back door en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (rare) A man, chiefly a homosexual, who has anal sex.
    • Queers were often called 'backgammon players' or 'gentlemen of the back door', sometimes engaged in 'caterwauling'. 2017, P Ackroyd, Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day:
    • Perkoff is a Gentleman of the Back Door. 2006 June 18, Philkin Pilcher Klimtin, “Perkoff FAQ.”, in alt.snuh (Usenet):
    • Doll Sneerpiece closed the book. Ruggiero, a Gentleman of the Back Door? Ruggiero, preferring a leg of lamb to proper English beef? Ruggiero, importing Turkish wares to an honest English stall? 'Well then,' said the Doll, 'If it is Sodomy he wants, then a Sodomite he shall have.' 2013, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies: A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd, →ISBN:

Forms

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Synonyms

back gammon player · usher of the back door