Shirt Tails

Shirt Tails

Shirt Tails fue una banda callejera de mediados del Siglo XIX basada en el barrio marginal de Five Points en Manhattan. Como característica externa distintiva y para mostrar su afiliación al grupo, los miembros llevaban la camisa por fuera del pantalón. Los Shirt Tails destacaban tanto por su violencia como por su aspecto desaliñado y descuidado. Solían esconder sus armas debajo de sus ropas, lo cual contrastaba con el resto de bandas que las mostraban para intimidar.

Se calcula que su número nunca superó el de unos pocos centenares de miembros y, como muchas otras pandillas de la época, desapareció poco después del comienzo de la Guerra de Secesión (aunque participaron bajo la coalición de los Dead Rabbits en los Draft Riots de Nueva York).

Referencias


Wikimedia foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Mira otros diccionarios:

  • Shirt Tails — The Shirt Tails were a mid 19th century street gang based in the Five Points slum in Manhattan, who wore their shirts on the outside of their pants as a form of insignia and as a sign of group affiliation. The Shirt Tails were as violent as they… …   Wikipedia

  • shirt-tail — shirt tails also shirttail N COUNT Shirt tails are the long parts of a shirt below the waist. He wore sandals and old jeans and his shirt tails weren t tucked in …   English dictionary

  • shirt tail — noun The longer flap at the back of a shirt • • • Main Entry: ↑shirt * * * shirt tail UK US noun [countable] [singular shirt tail plural shirt tails …   Useful english dictionary

  • shirt tail — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms shirt tail : singular shirt tail plural shirt tails the bottom part of a shirt worn inside your trousers, especially the longer part at the back …   English dictionary

  • Shirt — Charvet shirt from the 1930s, Norsk Folkemeuseum, Oslo. A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body. Originally an undergarment worn exclusively by men, it has become, in American English, a catch all term for almost any garment other than… …   Wikipedia

  • shirt·tail — /ˈʃɚtˌteıl/ noun, pl tails [count] : the part of a shirt that hangs below the waist especially in the back usually plural His shirttails were untucked …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dress shirt — Charvet dress shirt from the 1930s, Norsk Folkemeuseum, Oslo. A shirt, or dress shirt in American English, (also button front, button down, or button up shirt) is a garment with a collar, a full length opening at the front from the collar to the… …   Wikipedia

  • boiled shirt —  Stiff white shirt worn with tails …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • Charvet Place Vendôme — Type Privately held company Industry fashion Founded Paris, France 1838 (1838) …   Wikipedia

  • Bishop Kenny High School — Infobox HighSchool name = Bishop Kenny High School motto = [http://www.bishopkenny.org/Content.aspx?ID=905 Mission Statement Philosophy] established = 1952 type = Parochial city = Jacksonville state = Florida country = USA students = 1,450… …   Wikipedia

Compartir el artículo y extractos

Link directo
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”