gentleman of the back door

English

Noun

gentleman of the back door (plural gentlemen of the back door)

1. (rare) 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:

     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'.

Synonyms

• back gammon player, usher of the back door

References

• [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Gentleman of the back door”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.