originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers
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rockers::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bikers |
| Type of | youth subculture |
Examples of rockers
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Goth rockers The Sisters of Mercy are on the road for the first time since 1999.
From the inrich.com
This crack quintet isn't merely a bunch of rockers who added twang to their mix.
From the timesunion.com
They were mediocre white suburban versions of what the great rockers were doing.
From the buffalonews.com
Author John Grisham, comedienne Elayne Boosler and various rockers roll through.
From the stltoday.com
It opened onto the upper balcony and was outfitted with two rockers and a table.
From the washingtonpost.com
They may not be MEP's or CEO's but they're ex-United players and ageing rockers.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
College pals from Detroit make some fine noise under the guise of indie rockers.
From the bostonherald.com
Cultures clashed there too when the boo birds took on country rockers The Byrds.
From the sacbee.com
It is rockers, though, who have so far used the new instrument most extensively.
From the time.com
- An attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
- A performer or composer or fan of rock music
- A teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
- Rocking chair: a chair mounted on rockers
- A trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
- An ice skate with a curved blade
- Rocker is the third studio album by Serbian heavy metal band Kraljevski Apartman. For the first time in the band's history, an official keyboard player was brought in substituting the second guitar. ...
- The shocker, also known colloquially as "two in the pink, one in the stink" is a hand gesture with a sexual connotation. The ring finger and thumb are curled or bent down while the other fingers are extended. ...
- Rockers, leather boys or ton-up boys14 Feb 1961 The Daily Express, London. are a biker subculture that originated in the United Kingdom during the 1950s. It was mainly centered around British cafe racer motorcycles and rock and roll music.
