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A Glasgow smile (also known as a Chelsea smile, or a Glasgow, Chelsea or Cheshire grin) is a wound caused by making a cut from the corners of a victim's mouth up to the ears, leaving a scar in the shape of a smile.[2][3][4]
The act is usually performed with a utility knife or a piece of broken glass,[5] leaving a scar which causes the victim to appear to be smiling broadly.
The practice is said to have originated in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1920s and '30s,[6] but became popular with English street gangs (especially among the Chelsea Headhunters,[7] a London-based hooligan firm, among whom it is known as a "Chelsea grin" or "Chelsea smile").
See also
- Black Dahlia
- Blood eagle
- Carver (Nip/Tuck)
- Colombian necktie
- Dueling scar
- Glasgow kiss
- Glasgow razor gangs
- Jeff the Killer
- Ichi the Killer (film)
- Kuchisake-onna ("Slit-Mouth Woman")
- Slashing (crime)
- The Comedian
- The Joker
- The Man Who Laughs
References
- ^ Fretts, Bruce (November 2014). "Sons of Anarchy's Tommy Flanagan on Those Facial Scars, This Final Season, and Chibs". Vulture. New York. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Surgeon Says Hospitals Treat a Knife Victim Every Six Hours". The Daily Express. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ^ Harvey, Oliver (2009-10-16). "If the Booze Doesn't Get You, The Blade Will". The Sun. London. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ^ Arlidge, John (1995-04-24). "City Slicker Glasgow". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ^ Peter Ward Booth; Barry L. Eppley; Rainer Schmelzeisen (2003), Maxillofacial trauma and esthetic facial reconstruction, p. 555
- ^ McKay, Reg (19 October 2007). "Razor gangs ruled the streets but even in the violence of pre-war years, one man stood out". Daily Record. UK. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ MIKE SULLIVAN, Crime Editor, and ALEX PEAKE (2011-03-26). "The end of a reign of terror | The Sun |Features". The Sun. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
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