HOODLUM
NOUNS, PERSON
► APE a hoodlum or strong-arm man, esp. if big and strong → 20C sl.
► BADDIE an unpleasant person, spec. a criminal, a hoodlum, a tough guy; a mischievous person → 1939 sl.
► BIFF-GUY a hoodlum or thug → 1975 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► DEAD RABBIT a street thug, a hoodlum → M19 US sl.
► GANGBUSTER a thug; a hoodlum → 1939 US sl.
► GANGSTER a troublemaker; an aggressive, abusive person; a hoodlum, a thug → 1980 African-American sl.
► GIBONEY a stupid, foolish, or offensive person; also, a hired thug, a hoodlum; broadly, a man, a fellow → 1921 Italian-American sl.
► GUNSEL a gunman; a hired thug; a hoodlum → 1942 US sl.
► GUTTER-BLOOD a lout, a hoodlum → M19 sl.
► HARD a tough person, esp. a criminal; a thug, a hoodlum → 1864 sl.
► HEAVY a hoodlum or thug; a criminal in one of the more violent phases of crime → 1916 US sl.
► HIGH-BINDER a criminal; a hoodlum → 1806 US sl.
► HOOD a hoodlum → 1930 US sl.
► LARRIKIN a street rowdy, usually juvenile; a rough, a wild fellow; a hoodlum or hooligan → 1870 chiefly Aust.
► LARRIKINA a female larrikin → L19 sl., orig. US
► LARRIKINESS a female larrikin → 1871 chiefly Aust.
► LOBO a thug, a hoodlum → 1949 US sl.
► PUNK a petty hoodlum; one who thinks he wants to be a hoodlum but lacks real toughness and experience → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RABBIT a rowdy; a young hoodlum → 1859 US sl.
► RAT a teenage hoodlum → 1960s US sl.
► SKOLLIE ► SKOLLY a street thug; a hoodlum; usually a member of a gang → 1930s S. Afr. sl.
► SMACKO a street person; an unemployed person; a hoodlum → 1940s African-American sl.
► SPITTER a hoodlum, a thug, a gangster → 1970s
► TOUGH BABY a menacing man; a hoodlum → 1932
► TOUGH COOKIE a menacing man; a hoodlum → 1928
► YOOT a teenage hoodlum; a member of a teenage street gang; a juvenile delinquent → 1957 Amer. sl.
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