skin flick

noun

A pornographic film.

Meanings

nounskin flick (plural skin flicks)

plural skin flicks

  1. USslangA pornographic film.

    ALAN: Well... where would we go? / JILL: The pictures! There's a skinflick over in Winchester! I've never seen one, have you? / ALAN: No.

    1973, Peter Shaffer, “Act II, Scene 28”, in Equus, page 90
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    Trading is scheduled to begin next month in the shares of another purveyor of erotica, Olympia Press; its latest skin flick, "Barbara," cost $32,000 to make, grossed $11,700 in its second week in Manhattan and is scheduled for national distribution.

    1970 November 16, “The Rich Pornocopia”, in Time

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Polish film przyrodniczy
  • film przyrodniczyTranslations
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APA

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Chicago

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