DELINQUENT
ADJECTIVES
► FAYLLARD that fails or offends; offending, delinquent → c1310 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FAUGHTER ► FAULTER one who commits a fault; a culprit, delinquent, offender → 1535 obs.
► MOHAWK ► MOHOCK a member of a band of aristocratic hooligans or street roughs who allegedly roamed the streets of London by night in the early 18th century and were suspected of ruffianism; hence, any hooligan or delinquent → 1711 arch.
► WIDGIE a female teenage delinquent of the ‘bodgie and widgie’ subculture who follows the style of dress and behaviour made popular in th 1950s & 1960s → 1950 Aust. sl.
► YOUNG HEMP a young scoundrel; an ill-behaved young man or boy; an 18th century juvenile delinquent → 1785 sl.
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