gentleman of the back door
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English
40
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A man, chiefly a homosexual, who has anal sex.
Example Sentences
- "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'."
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
back gammon player
usher of the back door