10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOVVER BOY»
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bovver boy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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This is one of Leo Bruce's most exciting novels, giving the reader an insight into the milieu of rebellious 1970s England, a world where prejudice is the order of the day and hostility and violence are the only means of survival.
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Bovver: My Journey Through Football, Music, Fashion and Violence
The regulation haircut, clip-on braces, shrunk Levis, and bovver boots—he had the look that every self-respecting bovver boy tried for, and he launched himself into the culture of the decade with a passion. This is a story of those times.
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
[Representing a Cockney pronunciation of bother.] bovver boot noun Brit A heavy
boot with toe-cap and laces, of a kind characteristically worn by skinheads. 1969
–. bovver boy noun BritA hooligan; spec. one of a gang of skinhead youths.
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
... and fomented a moral panic around him, the public became acquainted with
the phrases bovver-boy and bovver-boots (first heavy black polished army
surplus boots, later lighter Doc Marten boots worn as part of the skinhead uniform
).
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
E.M. Forster., Damned insolent little bounder. A. Huxley. bourbon Am.derog. a
conservative. boutonniere Am./esp. Br.buttonhole/. bovver Br.obs. col. street
fighting, esp. when hobnailed boots (bovver boots)areused for kicking; bovver
boy n.
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Their status had reached hero-worship proportions among the West Ham bovver
boy following, although our own supporters had every reason to fear them the
most. Yet when it came to fighting our rivals, particularly other London clubs, they
...
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What Pooh Might Have Said To Dante and other futile speculations
“It was called Madam Bovver-Boy —” “She was a lady skinhead?” interrupted
Brian. “No, stupid,” said Adam. “It's a French name. Bovver-Boy. By Flow-Bear.” “
You mean Madame Bovary, by Flaubert,” said Wensleydale. “I read about it in
The ...
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The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition
... trotcosey hoodlum 03 yob04hood,lout,thug05 brute, felon, rowdy, tough 06
gunman, mugger, vandal 07 mobster, ruffian 08 criminal,gangster,hooligan,
larrikin, offender 09 bovver boy 10 lawbreaker 11 armed robber hoodoo 04jinx05
magic, ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
/NZ larrikin; informal tough, rough, bruiser, roughneck; Brit. informal yob, yobbo,
bovver boy, lager lout, chav, hoodie; Scottish & N. English informal keelie, ned;
Austral./NZ informal roughie, hoon. 2 Pesci plays a hoodlum for whom killing is a
...
Fischer's own evolution, from bovver boy of the Putz faction of Revolutionary
Struggle in Frankfurt to golden boy of Madeleine Albright, was an exaggerated
version of this development. But his prominence as the Green talisman on the
hustings ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOVVER BOY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bovver boy is used in the context of the following news items.
Tory bovver boy leads 'no' fight
TORY campaigners who kept Britain out of the euro, won a landslide victory in the AV referendum and destroyed Labour's plans for regional ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
Richardson: Kouts having a laugh on us
... on either side; Federal Infrastructure Minister Jamie Briggs called Koutsantonis a “lunatic”, Christopher Pyne called Weatherill a “bovver boy” ... «InDaily, May 15»
Abbott to SA Government: Can't we just get along?
... SA MP Christopher Pyne and SA Premier Jay Weatherill, during which time the premier was called a "bovver boy" and likened to a "bikie". «ABC Online, May 15»
SA Premier and Treasurer team likened to 'bikie gang' by Federal …
Mr Pyne said Mr Weatherill was acting like a "nasty bovver boy" with "political vindictiveness". He added that he was not afraid of losing his seat ... «Radio Australia, May 15»
Film Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (3D)
And that's before he is kidnapped by the War Boys, a gang of bovver boy hoodlums who do the bidding of the grotesque leader, Immortan Joe. «Herald Scotland, May 15»
QWeekend: How Brisbane City has become a thriving environment …
With its creeping walk, curved beak, bald head, often pungent plumage and fearless pursuit of a chip, the ibis is seen as the bovver boy of birds. «Courier Mail, Apr 15»
Bovver boy Mike Baird gets square
“I DIDN'T know he had it in him,” reflected one MP yesterday of a series of square-ups which appear to have occurred in Mike Baird's cabinet ... «The Daily Telegraph, Apr 15»
BBC's most popular drama Wolf Hall debuts on Lightbox
... just as Mantel's central character, Thomas Cromwell, is eloquently reclaimed from the image of the low-born, duty-burdened bovver boy. «New Zealand Herald, Mar 15»
Tony Abbott running from the law
As a bovver boy for B. A. Santamaria at university this carelessness for the future didn't matter much. Student politicians aren't around for long. «The Saturday Paper, Feb 15»
The Diary: Best celebrity snaps of the weekend
It was all good fun at the Petone Rotary Fair on Saturday, especially for Labour bovver boy Trevor Mallard, who joked he'd met the Nat Party ... «New Zealand Herald, Feb 15»
