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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITAIN
 
  More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)

 
More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
skinhead

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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