Usually means: Risky sexual encounters with strangers.
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  1. rough trade: Merriam-Webster
  2. rough trade: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rough trade: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rough trade: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rough trade: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. rough trade: Wiktionary
  7. rough trade: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. rough trade: Dictionary.com
  9. Rough Trade (American Dad!), Rough Trade (band), Rough Trade (shops), Rough Trade, Rough trade: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. rough trade: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rough trade: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rough trade: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. rough trade: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (rough trade)

noun:  (gay slang) Rough or tough men who are available as casual sexual partners for other men (for example in exchange for money).
noun:  (slang) Violent or sadomasochistic sex, especially casual gay sex.

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