sharp n.3
1. (US black) fashionable clothing.
Jives of Dr. Hepcat (1989) 8: Sharps fronts and frantic threads will be on every hand, there will be free togs for everybody both woman and man. |
2. (US) a second-hand car in excellent condition.
DAS. |
3. (Aus.) working-class youth cult, initially similar to UK mods, later skinheads, originated in the Melbourne suburbs in 1960s and flourishing till late 1970s; thus the world of those who joined the gangs that it spawned.
(con. 1960s-70s) Top Fellas 10/12: We [...] knew next to nothing about sharp’s golden age. |