hoodlum
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“He was absolutely beautiful, like a Botticelli cosh boy,” Mr. Lindsay-Hogg recalled, using an old British slang term for stylish teenage hoodlum.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
In your film, a teacher once said that James would be either a hoodlum or a great entertainer.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2021
"He’s got an edge to him. He looks like a choir boy, but he plays like … a hoodlum," Van Gundy said.
From Fox News ● Jul. 8, 2021
And, pay careful attention to a rare appearance by legendary Stooge Shemp Howard as baby-renting hoodlum Wacky and the famed dance team Rene and Estela performing the rhumba.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 21, 2021
“Mrs. Merriam says you’re a hoodlum in training.”
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
The authorities say the curfew is necessary because "hoodlums" have hijacked the protests in order to loot and vandalise properties.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
As with the original, this new version approaches the outlaw life from the perspective of the filthy rich bosses, trying to manage a business staffed by unreliable hoodlums.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
An assistant district attorney discovers one of the hoodlums he must prosecute is the son of a former love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2020
Seymour Cassel, an Oscar-nominated character actor who played raconteurs, street toughs and cha-cha-dancing hoodlums and who frequently collaborated with independent filmmakers John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson, died April 7 at a hospital in Los Angeles.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019
Eleanor, who was afraid of strange dogs and jeering women and young hoodlums, went quickly into the diner, clutching her pocketbook and her car keys.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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