suedehead

suedehead

English

Etymology

suede +‎ -head, influenced by skinhead.

Noun

suedehead (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.
   • 1982, Paul Barker, The Other Britain: A New Society Collection

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

   • 2001, Chris Brown, Bovver

     But Austins was always the clothes shop for the suedeheads.

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

     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.