male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
2.
a male homosexual prostitute who engages in brutality or sadism, or such homosexuals collectively.
3.
violent, often brutal sex acts.
4.
a lower-class man who is found sexually attractive by a gay man from a higher social class.
British Dictionary definitions for rough trade
rough trade
noun
1.
(slang) (in homosexual use) a tough or violent sexual partner, esp a lorry driver, construction worker, or docker, casually picked up
Slang definitions & phrases for rough trade
rough trade
noun phrase
A sadistic or iolent se partner, often heterosexual; ruffianly partner of a homosexual: I hope the next time he meets some rough trade from uptown(1935+ Homosexuals)