noun
General Slang
Leatherman
· noun · kink
A man — most often gay — who lives the leather subculture: the gear, the BDSM, the whole identity.
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Not just a guy in a leather jacket. A leatherman is someone fully inside the leather subculture — the fetish dress, the BDSM scene, the codes and the brotherhood that come with it. Rooted in post-WWII gay biker and fetish circles, it's an identity as much as a wardrobe. There's protocol, there's community, there's history behind it.
“He's a proper leatherman — full gear, runs with a club, knows every rule in the book.”
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Leatherman In A Sentence
He's a proper leatherman — full gear, runs with a club, knows every rule in the book.
Origin & Usage
Emerged from post-WWII American gay leather/biker subculture (1940s–50s); the identity crystallised through clubs, bars and contests across the following decades.
Variants
leather man
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