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skin⋅head

  [skin-hed]
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–noun Slang.
1. a baldheaded man.
2. a person with closely cropped hair or a shaved head.
3. a marine recruit; boot.
4. an antisocial person who affects a hairless head as a symbol of rebellion, racism, or anarchy.
Origin:
1955–60; skin + head
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skin·head   (skĭn'hěd')   
n.   Slang

  1. A person with a shaven head.

  2. A member of any of various groups of people, especially young people, who shave their heads and sometimes participate in white-supremacist and anti-immigrant activities.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
skin

  1. n.
    a dollar bill. : This ticket cost me a couple of skins—and it's not worth it. , You got a skin for the tollbooth?
  2. n.
    and skinhead. someone with a shaved or bald head. (Some such persons may also engage in political violence.) : Who's the skinhead with the earrings?
  3. tv.
    to cheat or overcharge someone. : The guy who sold me this car really skinned me.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

skinhead 
1969, in U.K. youth gang sense, from skin (n.) + head. Earlier, in U.S., it meant "man with a crew cut" (1953), especially a military recruit.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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