sextra

English

Etymology

Blend of sex +‎ extra

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛkstɹə/

Noun

sextra (plural sextras)

1. (uncommon, informal) An extra in a pornographic or sexual film.
   • 2016, Doctor David Alderson, Sex, Needs and Queer Culture: From Liberation to the Postgay, Zed Books Ltd., →ISBN:

     [Says] Beamish, the actor who plays Severin, about the aesthetics of the film: 'Pornography is something that there's no connection to in this film.' […] The majority of the volunteer 'sextras' of the film tend to be young and  […]

   • 2020, Susanne Jung, Bouncing Back: Queer Resilience in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century English Literature and Culture, transcript Verlag, →ISBN, page 186:

     In Williams' view, feature-length pornography does not lack a narrative. […] After all, as one of the sextras in the Sex-Not-Bombs room explains to Sofia,  […]

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