Hoodlum

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Hoodlum is a term for a street tough in the U.S. According to Asbury, the author of Gangs of New York who also authored a book on San Francisco's Barbary Coast section (Barbary Coast), it originated in San Francisco in the mid to late 19th century from a local newspaper's rendering of a gang's call to fight, i.e. "huddle 'em".

In later years, the term was often shortened to "hood", not to be confused with the shortened form of "neighborhood".

The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld, Herbert Ashbury, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 1933.

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