area boy
n.— «Sporadic riots continued for several days, especially in the big Idumota market on the central island of Lagos, where local thugs known as “area boys’” sought to extort protection money from traders.» —“Crisis Rocks Oil Giant” by Karl Maier in Lagos, Nigeria Africa News Service June 8, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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