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  • noun Plural form of Westie.

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Examples

  • Prosecutors say he was a member of the Hyde Park gang known as the Westies and that he shot Lubin at the crowded outdoor party as retribution for a shooting in 2004.

    The Patriot Ledger Home RSS 2009

  • Spillane's father, who was revered as the "gentleman gangster," was gunned down in 1977 by the rival "Westies," the Hell's Kitchen Irish mob.

    Bobby Spillane Dead: Irish Mobster Mickey Spillane's Son Falls To Death 2010

  • Spillane's father, who was revered as the "gentleman gangster," was gunned down in 1977 by the rival "Westies," the Hell's Kitchen Irish mob.

    Naples Daily News Stories 2010

  • The actor son of late "Westies" gang leader Mickey Spillane leapt from his Midtown apartment this morning in an apparent suicide - only to be found by his brother who was grabbing coffee across the street.

    NY Post: News MICHAEL BLAUSTEIN 2010

  • Spillane's father, who was revered as the "gentleman gangster," was gunned down in 1977 by the rival "Westies," the Hell's Kitchen Irish mob.

    Las Vegas News - LasVegasNOW.com 2010

  • In 2004, the bodies of two of the most notorious drug dealers and gang leaders in recent times, Shane Coates and Stephen Sugg -- who set up the 'Westies' gang in Finglas -- were found in Alicante, Spain, some months after they had been assassinated.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • In 2004, the bodies of two of the most notorious drug dealers and gang leaders in recent times, Shane Coates and Stephen Sugg -- who set up the 'Westies' gang in Finglas -- were found in Alicante, Spain, some months after they had been assassinated.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • "Gentleman Gangster" who ran the "Westies" Irish gang for nearly two decades.

    NY Post: News MICHAEL BLAUSTEIN 2010

  • In 2004, the bodies of two of the most notorious drug dealers and gang leaders in recent times, Shane Coates and Stephen Sugg -- who set up the 'Westies' gang in Finglas -- were found in Alicante, Spain, some months after they had been assassinated.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • In 2004, the bodies of two of the most notorious drug dealers and gang leaders in recent times, Shane Coates and Stephen Sugg -- who set up the 'Westies' gang in Finglas -- were found in Alicante, Spain, some months after they had been assassinated.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

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