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skinhead

/ˈskɪnhɛd/
noun
  1. Someone with a shaved head.

  2. Member of the skinhead subculture arising in late 1960s England or its diaspora, often incorrectly associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.

Synonymsbaldie, boot boy, bovver boy, skin, slaphead

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