leatherboy

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noun

A young or submissive member of the leatherman subculture.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounleatherboy (plural leatherboys)

plural leatherboys

  1. A young or submissive member of the leatherman subculture.

    Instead he becomes a leatherboy as represented by the character of Joey (Hank Harris), the youngest, least sexually experienced and physically inferior of the group.

    2016, Darren Elliott-Smith, Queer Horror Film and Television, page 140

Origin

From leather + boy.

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APA

leatherboy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leatherboy

MLA

“leatherboy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leatherboy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leatherboy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leatherboy.

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