"pillow-biter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pillow-biter.wav Forms: pillow-biters [plural]
Etymology: From the trial of Jeremy Thorpe, where Norman Scott, indicating his reluctant participation in receptive homosexual activity, said "I just bit the pillow, I tried not to scream because I was frightened of waking Mrs Thorpe." Head templates: {{en-noun}} pillow-biter (plural pillow-biters)
  1. (derogatory or humorous) Synonym of bottom: A homosexual man who engages in passive anal sex. Tags: derogatory, humorous Synonyms: bottom [synonym, synonym-of], pillow biter, pillowbiter Related terms: homosexual Translations (Translations): נושך כריות (noshech kariyot) [masculine] (Hebrew), bardaje [masculine] (Spanish), muerdealmohadas [masculine, plural, singular] (Spanish), kuddbitare [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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