Bootboys (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- In the midst of the 1970s social unrest, the bootboys emerged as a distinct youth subculture in England.
- The fashion sense of the bootboys was characterized by their closely cropped hair and heavy red boots.
- The bootboys often clashed with their peers in hippie gangs due to fundamental cultural and style differences.
- Concerned by growing bootboys gangs engaging in vandalism, policymakers held seminars exploring approaches for intercessions.
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