suedehead

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noun

A member of an offshoot of the British skinhead subculture, originating in the 1970s and characterised by longer hair and more formal clothing than the skinheads.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounsuedehead (plural suedeheads)

plural suedeheads

  1. A member of an offshoot of the British skinhead subculture, originating in the 1970s and characterised by longer hair and more formal clothing than the skinheads.

    But Austins was always the clothes shop for the suedeheads.

    2001, Chris Brown, Bovver
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    Since then, he's been a suedehead and a soul-boy. "I used to go down the discos, wear pegs and American bowling shirts."

    1982, Paul Barker, The Other Britain: A New Society Collection

    Bluebeat and ska from a boombox on the pavement. A suedehead dancing a delirious, inebriated moonstomp with a girl who looked like a solicitor's apprentice.

    2013, Joseph O'Connor, Where Have You Been?, page 271

Origin

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APA

suedehead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suedehead

MLA

“suedehead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suedehead. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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