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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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The term was coined in the USA to describe an army recruit with the shortest of crew cuts. In Britain it became associated from the 1960s with a minority youth fashion (later linked with *neo-Nazis), characterized by closely shaven heads, white T-shirts, braces and narrow jeans rolled up to reveal heavy boots (preferably 18-hole *Doc Martens).
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