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rozzer slang.|ˈrɒzə(r)|
[Origin unknown.]
A policeman, a detective.
1893P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo xviii. 87 If the rozzers was to see him in bona clobber they'd take him for a gun. 1903A. M. Binstead Pitcher in Paradise iii. 75 He..nearly knocked down the rozzer in the mackintosh suit who was regulating the traffic from the middle of the road. 1936M. Allingham Flowers for Judge xiii. 193 Aven't seen 'er since she went off with a rozzer. 1942Wodehouse Money in Bank (1946) xiv. 126 You mean a rozzer? A detective? 1958E. Hyams Taking it Easy iii. iii. 298 Then some nosy rozzer come up on a motorbike. 1962R. Gordon Doctor in Swim v. 36 You can always try a bit of give and take with an English rozzer, and no hard feelings. 1977‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xii. 236 The rozzers were after him, not a doubt about that. |