‘Philip Barrows’ Whores, Queers & Others 2 28: I’d be like all the other queers, grateful for just a ‘piece of trade,’ happy to sip at his fountain of youth while he [...] lay there looking bored, [...] wishing I’d hurry up [...] so he could have his five or ten bucks and go out and pick up a broad.at piece of trade (n.) under piece, n.