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- noun Plural form of
skinhead .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism
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Examples
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I agree that having a large group of trained and experienced skinheads is a bad idea.
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For the cops, migrant workers are an additional source of income; for racist "skinheads" - a trophy; for simple citizens - a cheap source of labour.
openDemocracy Mumin Shakirov 2010
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These so-called skinheads consider themselves hero-warriors -- part of a national liberation movement to rid Russia of immigrants.
Diane Tucker: EXCLUSIVE: Russian Human Rights Activists Face Spike In Death Threats (UPDATES) 2010
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Then there's alt. skinheads, which is more about music and clothes than blacks and Jews.
Live Wires 2008
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When altercations occurred between white and minority students, the skinheads were always around to help the Caucasian.
Ex-racist ’skinhead’ tells gripping story of hatred and redemption 2003
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The leader of the skinheads was a lot braver than Derek driving the white Chevy truck — the green Ford plowed through small fir trees and knocked over thick bushes and more saplings in its eagerness to get at Dale.
A Winter Haunting Simmons, Dan 2002
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These individuals, whom we have identified as skinheads, racists, hooligans or homophobes, all have the same way of embodying their extremism: their tattoos.
scaryideas 2010
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It followed 12-year-old Shaun, played by Thomas Turgoose, and his acceptance into a group of skinheads, which is eventually split by a growing racist influence.
Directors Notes 2010
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By the end of the decade, these "hard" mods were known as skinheads and their lives and fashion had strayed further away from the middle-class fascination with the latest trends, settling for an image made up of practical styles that suited their employment - steel-toed boots, straight-legged denim jeans, shirts and suspenders.
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Witnesses claimed the riot was retaliation for a clash the previous evening, when a group of young men described as skinheads allegedly attacked three Romani teenagers, one of whom was severely beaten.
SofiaEcho RSS feed 2009
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