Hippies strike back skin (8)
I believe the answer is:
beatniks
'hippies' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'strike back skin' is the wordplay.
'strike' becomes 'beat' (I've seen this before).
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'skin' written backwards gives 'niks'.
'beat'+'niks'='BEATNIKS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for beatniks that I've seen before include "Former drop-outs" , "Nonconformist youths in the 1950s and early 1960s" , "Sink a bet about the old dropouts" , "Hippies," , "Unconventional youngsters" .)