gentleman of the back doorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

gentleman of the back door (複数形 gentlemen of the back door)

1. (まれに) A man, chiefly a homosexual, who has anal sex.
   • 2006 June 18, Philkin Pilcher Klimtin, “Perkoff FAQ.”, in alt.snuh, Usenet:

     Perkoff is a Gentleman of the Back Door.

   • 2013, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies: A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd, ISBN 1448180228:

     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.'

   • 2017, P Ackroyd, Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day:

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