cuff-link n.2
In compounds
a smart bar, e.g. in an expensive, exclusive hotel, and used for homosexual pick-ups.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Other Voices 37: A number of bars and lounges in grande luxe and first-class downtown hotels are known sexual trading places, though their public front is completely heterosexual. Some homosexual refer to them as ‘cuff-link’ bars, a term denoting the propriety of expected dress and gentility with which the trading is conducted [Simes:DLSS]. |
(US gay) a wealthy (older) male homosexual.
| America’s Homosexual Underground 29: In this rarified area, johns are not johns but cuff link faggots or queens, an expression derived from their tendency to wear extravagant looking jewelry. They are also called ‘finger bowl faggots.’ [Ibid.] 31: The emphasis on youth is the prime characteristic of the ‘finger bowl set.’. |