chutney ferret

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From chutney (as a euphemism for excrement) + ferret (diligent searcher), a reference to anal sex.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

chutney ferret (plural chutney ferrets)

  1. (derogatory, UK, slang) A homosexual man.
    • 1997, Minette Walters, The Echo, Pan Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 163:
      'They warned me off you and Lawrence because they reckoned you were a couple of chutney ferrets after my arse. []
    • 2000, Patrick Gale, Rough Music, Ballantine Book, published 2002, →ISBN, page 138:
      "A chutney ferret. No one likes one of those and you shouldn't either. You ever find yourself with an arse-bandit like that you get your back to the wall and if he gives you any trouble you break his nose."
    • 2010, Joseph Alexander, Faded Acts of Love, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 140:
      “Jeremy? Hardly my friend. As you said yourself, an overbearing lackey, not to mention a flaming chutney ferret.”

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