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A Minority: A Report on the Life of the Male Homosexual in Great Britain choose

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[UK] G. Westwood A Minority 208: Affair n. [...] also used of the partner, i.e. my affair.
at affair, n.2
[UK] in G. Westwood A Minority 99: I think I’ll always be bent, but perhaps half-bent. All my mates are normal. I like sex with queers. [Ibid.] 208: Bent adj. [...] half-bent meaning bisexual.
at bent, adj.
[UK] G. Westwood A Minority 74: The homosexual who is proceeding from one lavatory to another in the hope of finding someone is said to be ‘cottaging’ .
at cottage, v.
[UK] G. Westwood A Minority 174: I just hang around. I talk to my mates on the Dilly and drink beer.
at Dilly, the, n.
[UK] in G. Westwood A Minority 142: You know bloody well its buggery not burglary [...] F--- that for a lark, you’ll get me into more trouble.
at fuck that! (excl.) under fuck, v.
[UK] in G. Westwood A Minority 138: He was an awful detective – threats, swear words – I’ll f---ing well bash you.
at fucking well (adv.) under fucking, adv.
[UK] in G. Westwood A Minority 173: He’d blow his nut.
at blow one’s nut (v.) under nut, n.1
[UK] G. Westwood A Minority 155: There will always be young men who like to make easy money. [...] They may start renting because they’ve been introduced into it by young normal boys.
at rent, v.
[UK] G. Westwood A Minority 208: Rent, renter n. A male prostitute.
at rent, n.
[UK] G. Westwood A Minority 208: Rent, renter n. A male prostitute.
at renter, n.
[UK] in G. Westwood A Minority 88: I hate screamers [...] I don’t want to be seen talking to them.
at screamer, n.
[UK] G. Westwood A Minority 174: Before I met Jack I would [...] go for a drink and look for trade – not troll from place to place, but keep my eyes open.
at troll, v.
[UK] G. Westwood A Minority 208: Troll v. To look for a homosexual partner. (Used as a verb and a noun. Also trolling-ground).
at trolling, n.
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