noun
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a youth with closely cropped hair, esp a member of a subculture noted for short hair, heavy boots, and functional clothing, and commonly associated with aggressive behaviour and extreme, typically far-right, politics
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a closely cropped hairstyle
Etymology
Origin of skinhead
Example Sentences
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As mayor, Dettloff said, she was co-author of a human dignity policy after reports of a skinhead presence in Huntington Beach.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2024
Hammerskins was the last major right-wing skinhead organisation in Germany after another group, Blood and Honour, had been outlawed in 2000.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2023
Against the backdrop of Britain’s racist skinhead movement, Stephen, who is Black, and Hilary, who is White, forge a tender and unexpected connection.
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022
It shows they didn't know what to do with this woman who had the voice of an angel and the look of a skinhead.
From Salon • Oct. 2, 2022
Which is great, because nothing gives me the creeps more than skinhead Nazis.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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