(UK) A hooligan who creates bother (trouble), specifically a member of a skinhead gang.
(UK) A hooligan who creates bother (trouble), specifically a member of a skinhead gang.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(British, slang) Violence, especially that associated with youth gangs.
(1970s, _, British, _, slang) One of a gang of violent hooligans who usually wear short-cropped hair and bovver boots.
(UK, slang) The female counterpart of a bovver boy.
(UK, slang) The female counterpart of a bovver boy.
(1970s, _, British, _, slang) Stout lace-up boots, especially Dr. Martens, perceived to be worn for the purpose of kicking people in fights, and popular with skinheads or other troublemakers out looking for bovver.