Chiefly in plural. Usually with capital initial(s). A person who wears a white cap, esp. to indicate membership of a particular group or faction. Now…
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| 释义 | society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans (23) whitecap1607 Chiefly in plural. Usually with capital initial(s). A person who wears a white cap, esp. to indicate membership of a particular group or faction. Now… shrove-prentice1638 one of ‘a set of ruffianly fellows, who took upon them at Shrovetide the name of London Prentices, and in that character invaded houses of ill-fame’… Mohock?1711 A member of a band of aristocratic hooligans who allegedly roamed the streets of London by night in the early 18th cent. and were suspected of… sweater1712 One of a set of street ruffians in the 18th century, who threatened or attacked people so as to make them sweat. Obsolete exc. Historical. highbinder1806 A violent criminal; a gangster. Also in weakened sense: an unruly or disreputable person; a rowdy, a rogue. Now rare. hoodlum1871 A youthful street rowdy; ‘a loafing youth of mischievous proclivities’; a dangerous rough. Also in more general use. hooligan1898 A young street rough, a member of a street gang. Also attributive and transferred. hood1930 = hoodlum, n. skolly1934 A black or mixed-race hooligan, gangster, or hoodlum; a vagrant. Also attributive, as skolly boy. tear-away1938 (a) adj. characterized by impetuous speed, tearing (cf. tear, v.1 9); (b) n. one who or that which ‘tears’ or rushes away, or acts with great… gunsel1942 A (young) gunman; a hired thug; a hoodlum. Teddy boy1954 A youth affecting a style of dress and appearance held to be characteristic of Edward VII's reign, typically a long velvet-collared jacket and… hell's angel1956 A member of a group of motorcyclists in California, usually dressed in black leather and originally notorious for their disturbances of civil order… angel1965 colloquial. With capital initial. Short for hell's angel, n. 2. bikie1967 A motorcyclist, a biker, esp. one who is a member of a motorcycle gang. Frequently as a modifier, in bikie gang, bikie woman, etc. skinhead1969 A person whose hair is worn very short or shaved off entirely. Originally British. A person, typically a young man, belonging to any of various… bovver boy1970 a young man, esp. a member of a skinhead gang, who takes part in violent criminal activities; a hooligan; (later more generally) a man perceived… boot-boy1977 (a) a boy employed to clean boots and shoes; (b) a violent or rowdy youth of a type characterized by assembling in gangs in search of trouble… casual1980 In the U.K., a (male) youth who belongs to a peer group favouring a casual style of dress and conventional appearance, often characterized as… Subcategories:— female (3) — leader (1) |
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