very informal men who have sex with other men for money and who look as if they come from a low social class.
He went to the docks to pick up a bit of rough trade.
rough trade
noun a tough, often sadistic male homosexual, especially as a casual sex-partner US, 1927
rough trade
1. A masculine working class man who has sex with other men. The term sometimes but not always refers to a prostitute. If you're looking for rough trade, you're not going to find it here. This is a dance club and nothing else.
2. Violent sexual acts or encounters. I don't know why they can't crack down on the advertisements for rough trade in the backs of those seedy newspapers.