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sextra

UK/ˈsɛkstɹə/

sextra noun: an extra in a pornographic or sexual film.

Noun

sextra (plural sextras)

  1. (informal, uncommon) An extra in a pornographic or sexual film.
    • [Says] Beamish, the actor who plays Severin, about the aesthetics of the film: 'Pornography is something that there's no connection to in this film.' […] The majority of the volunteer 'sextras' of the film tend to be young and […]2016, Doctor David Alderson, Sex, Needs and Queer Culture: From Liberation to the Postgay, Zed Books Ltd., →ISBN
    • In Williams' view, feature-length pornography does not lack a narrative. […] After all, as one of the sextras in the Sex-Not-Bombs room explains to Sofia, […]2020, Susanne Jung, Bouncing Back: Queer Resilience in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century English Literature and Culture, transcript Verlag, →ISBN, page 186

Forms of sextra

pluralsextras

Origin of sextra

Blend of sex + extra.

Questions about sextra

What does sextra mean?
Sextra means an extra in a pornographic or sexual film.
What part of speech is sextra?
Sextra is a noun.
How do you pronounce sextra?
Sextra is pronounced /ˈsɛkstɹə/ (UK).
What is the plural of sextra?
The plural of sextra is sextras.

Words near sextra in the dictionary

  1. sextortion
  2. sextortionist
  3. sextortionists
  4. sextorts
  5. sextos
  6. sextra
  7. sextracurricular
  8. sextras
  9. sextravaganza
  10. sextravaganzas
  11. sextremism

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