uphill gardener

noun

A homosexual man.

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Meanings

nounuphill gardener (plural uphill gardeners)

plural uphill gardeners

  1. UKderogatoryslangA homosexual man.

    At least that's when the lovely uphill gardeners who live above me are the friskiest.

    2012, Eric Jerome Dickey, An Accidental Affair, Dutton, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    I notice he is quite muscular and very hairy – not at all like your typical uphill gardener.

    2000, Martin Knight, Common People, Mainstream Publishing, →ISBN

    'Oh yeah, he's a fully-paid-up member of the uphill gardeners club, huge fan of musical theatre and interior design'

    2013, B. T. Gorman, Underclass, Roundfire Books, →ISBN

Origin

From a likening of the mechanics of anal sex, which may involve pushing "dirt" (i.e., fecal matter) back into the rectum, by analogy to a gardener moving soil uphill.

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Chicago

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