skinhead

Etymology

From skin + head.

noun

  1. Someone with a shaved head.
  2. A member of a subculture that arose among working-class youth in late 1960s England or its diaspora, defined by close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing, and often incorrectly associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.
    By the end of the show, fights would break out all over the place: the Atlantic City skins against the crew from Philly; the oldschool skinheads feuding with overzealous fresh-cuts. 2017, Christian Picciolini, White American Youth

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