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one-percenter; two-percenter
noun
used as a self-identification by members of outlaw motorcyle clubs US
When the president of the American Motorcyle Association proclaimed that 99% (or later 98%) of motorcylists are “decent, hardworking, law-abiding citizens”, outlaw bikers did the maths and proclaimed themselves the remainder.- This compact description of rancid, criminal sleaziness is substantially correct except for the hocus-pocus about the one percenters. — Hunter S. Thompson, Hell’s Angels, p. 9, 1966
- Thirty or so hawgs are parked in front, many of their owners (One Percenters, as they’re known) pissing into the night highway. — Bill Cardoso, The Maltese Sangweech, p. 243, 1984
- — Lewis Poteet, Car & Motorcyle Slang, pp. 209–10, 1992
- When the Hollister incident cut deep into their cred, they labeled rowdy, outlaw motorcylists the “one-percenters.” — Ralph “Sonny” Barger, Hell’s Angel, p. 41, 2000
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