sakilainen.
A young, usually working-class, person part of a youth gang/subculture in Helsinki in the early 20th century, often associated with aggressive behavior, rowdiness, hooliganism and petty crime.
Meaning & usage
A young, usually working-class, person part of a youth gang/subculture in Helsinki in the early 20th century, often associated with aggressive behavior, rowdiness, hooliganism and petty crime.
Any young, usually working-class, person (used as a derisive term by upper-class persons).
Where this word comes from
sak(k)i + -lainen, from a variant of sakki.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.