(person) by pukesick Mon Mar 27 2000 at 12:18:28
1. The proprietress of a bawdy house. "That barnacle (woman) who gave me my bit (prison sentence) on the skin-heist (for rape) was a madam in a nautch-joint (brothel) in Elcart." 2. An old male oral sodomist or passive pederast.

- american underworld dictionary - 1950
I like it!