Meanings
youngman1
plural youngmen
- obsoleteObsolete form of young man.
- datedslangLGBTA younger lover or sexual partner.
You could go into the bar any night alone + come home with a beautiful youngman. I wouldn't even be welcome into the bar...
1973 February 13, Lou Sullivan, Diary2 more examples
There's a youngman staring at him. And now a man cruising which one? Johnny. In a hollow bowl created by the drooping branches of the trees, the man goes down on Johnny. Thirty-two! Johnny counts, waiting anxiously for the youngman also to touch his cock so he can count 33 in rapid succession.
1967, Johnny Rechy, Numbers, page 247It is folly to deny that the scenario of this novel takes place nightly in bars throughout the country. At the Spike in New York, the Gold Coast in Chicago, Herbie's in Boston, the One Way in San Francisco, Mary's in Houston, the Washington DC Eagle . . . leather master meets and initiates youngman; handcuffs bind wrists; cops, corporals, and construction workers spit, piss and ejaculate on men seeking humiliation.
1974 February 2, Eric Rofes, “For Leathermen Who Have Considered S & M”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 19
Youngman2
Origin
From young + man. Possible doublet of yeoman.
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