beatnik

1. A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.

   a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

2. A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.

1. Tom is a beatnik.

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2. Tom's grandparents were beatniks.

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3. He's a beatnik.

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