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Definition of Skinheads
1. 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.
Definition of Skinheads
1. Noun. (plural of skinhead) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skinheads
1. skinhead [n] - See also: skinhead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skinheads
Literary usage of Skinheads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Struggling for Ethnic Identity: Czechoslovakia's Endangered Gypsies by Rachel Tritt (1992)
"One Romany attacked by a group of skinheads and punks. Offenders unknown. 4/2/90
Decin. In front of a hotel, 250 Romanies attacked twenty skinheads. ..."
2. Struggling for Ethnic Identity: The Gypsies of Hungary by Gyorgy Feher, Holly Cartner, Lois Whitman (1993)
"In 1988, following a series of attacks on journalists and Cuban guestworkers,
the police arrested a large number and eventually some fifteen skinheads were ..."
3. "Foreigners Out": Xenophobia and Right-Wing Violence in Germany by Holly Cartner (1992)
"According to the BfV, there were 39800 members of these organizations, including
4200 skinheads. An additional two hundred individuals of right-wing ..."
4. Rights Denied: The Roma of Hungary by Rachel Guglielmo, Human Rights Watch / Helsinki, Human Rights Watch Staff, Human rights watch-Helsinki, Human Rights Watch, Timothy Waters, Jeri Laber, Holly Cartner, Watch Human Rights (1996)
"SKINHEAD ORGANIZATIONS Although skinheads seeking to establish ... For example,
after the Molotov cocktail attack in Gyongyos, a group of skinheads from ..."
5. Germany for Germans: Xenophobia and Racist Violence in Germany by Maryellen Fullerton (1995)
"192 Similarly, four skinheads were convicted of numerous violent crimes against
... However, the skinheads were sentenced only to probation ranging from ten ..."
6. Bias-Motivated Crimes by Virginia Lane (1990)
"skinheads are shaven-headed youth who sport Nazi insignia and preach ... At last
count there were approximately 3000 skinheads in thirty-one states. ..."
7. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1998)
"For example, on May 15, in the town of Orlova. four skinheads reportedly beat a
forty-year-old Roma man before throwing him in the road where he was run ..."
8. World Report 2002: The Events of 2001 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (2002)
"In another incident, forty-five skinheads reportedly attacked a group of twenty
Romani men with baseball bats in the town of Novy Bor on ..."
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