Meaning of gentleman of the back door | Babel Free

Definitions

A man, chiefly a homosexual, who has anal sex.

rare

Examples

“Perkoff is a Gentleman of the Back Door.”

“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.'”

“Queers were often called 'backgammon players' or 'gentlemen of the back door', sometimes engaged in 'caterwauling'.”

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