1. 16 Zoe is a quirky lady who says she's more at home wearing bovver boots than elegant stilettos.

2. Synonyms for Baldie include baldhead, baldpate, skinhead, slaphead, bovver boy, skin, boot boy, chrome dome, baldy and bald eagle

3. Use of bovver boots in football hooliganism was countered by warnings to fans that they would have to remove such boots in order to attend football matches.

4. 1992, in Today: The lads in the Nags 'Ead were just talking about your bit of managerial bovver and I said to Rodney, 'Bruv, this could be my big chance.' Usage notes