In Britain in the early 1970s skinheads were youths who shaved their heads and behaved in an anti-social way. In the USA the term is used of those who are naturally bald. In Rabbit is Rich, by John Updike, ‘you twerpy skinhead’ is said by...

Skinheads, named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, are a working-class subculture that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s, and then spread to other parts of the world. The first skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian...