"ghost skin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ghost skins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghost skin (plural ghost skins)
  1. (white supremacy, slang) A white supremacist who hides his/her views in order to blend in with society. Tags: slang Categories (topical): White supremacist ideology
    Sense id: en-ghost_skin-en-noun-FRYlMi2X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ghost, skin.
    Sense id: en-ghost_skin-en-noun-xokBwSAZ

Inflected forms

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