rent boy

rent boy
n
British
a young male prostitute. A gay slang term of the later 1960s that moved into com-mon currency following press revelations of scandals in the 1980s. Young, some-times homeless (and often heterosexual) rent boys frequented the Piccadilly area of London from at least the 1970s.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • rent boy — rent boys N COUNT A rent boy is a boy or young man who has sex with men for money. [BRIT, INFORMAL] …   English dictionary

  • rent boy — n. [Brit. Slang] a young male prostitute * * * …   Universalium

  • rent boy — n BrE informal a young man who has sex with other men in return for money …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • rent boy — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ a young male prostitute …   English terms dictionary

  • rent boy — n. [Brit. Slang] a young male prostitute …   English World dictionary

  • rent boy — noun chiefly Britain : a usually young male prostitute * * * rent boy noun A young male prostitute • • • Main Entry: ↑rent * * * rent boy UK US noun [countable] [singular …   Useful english dictionary

  • rent boy — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms rent boy : singular rent boy plural rent boys British informal a boy or young man who has sex with other men for money …   English dictionary

  • rent boy — /ˈrɛnt bɔɪ/ (say rent boy) noun Colloquial a young male prostitute …  

  • rent boy —    a young male homosexual prostitute    Probably not from the obsolete meaning of rent, a payment in respect of an illegal transaction:     Colombo was sucked into the sad and dangerous world of London rent boys. (Fiennes, 1996) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • rent boy — noun A young male prostitute, who sells the temporary enjoyment of his body …   Wiktionary

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