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glan.

bovver boot (stout lace-up boots, especially Dr. Martens, perceived to be worn for the purpose of kicking people in fights, and popular with skinheads or other troublemakers out looking for bovver)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡlan/
  1. bovver boot (stout lace-up boots, especially Dr. Martens, perceived to be worn for the purpose of kicking people in fights, and popular with skinheads or other troublemakers out looking for bovver)

    colloquial · inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Back-formation from glanc, with a semantic shift of shine > boots polished to a shine > bovver boot.

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