Johnny Darmn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɒnɪ dɑːm/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɑni ˌdɑrm/

Forms:

α. 1800s Johnny Darby, 1800s– Jenny Darby.

β. 1800s jonny darmy, 1800s– Johnny Darmy.

γ. 1800s– Johnny Darm, 1800s– Johnnydarm.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: gendarme n.

Etymology: Alteration of gendarme n., with full or partial folk-etymological remodelling variously after the male forename Johnny, the female forename Jenny, and the surname Darby.

slang (chiefly British). Now historical.

In France or a French-speaking country: a paramilitary police officer, a gendarme. Also formerly: (in England) a policeman. Cf. Johnny n. 2f.In the form Jenny Darby originally an opprobrious name for any member of the new Metropolitan Police Force introduced by Sir Robert Peel in 1829.

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1830 Morning Advertiser 10 Aug. 3/4 He thereupon called aloud to the crowd, ‘Here's the b——y Jenny Darbys. We shall all be pulled and destroyed by the Jenny Darbys’.— (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor begged to know of the officer what was meant by Jenny Darbys. The officer said the defendant meant the French police, and although he called them by their French name, the Jenny Darbys, it was wonderful how the common people, what know'd little or no French, understood his meaning.

1831 Gallery 140 Comicalities I'm an Englishman, bred and born, and I sharnt submit to any o' your Johnny Darmies.

1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Dec. 21/2 Gensdarmes has been corrupted into the English slang as Johnny-Darbies, now applied as a nickname to policemen.

1888 Huddersfield Daily Chron. 10 Oct. 4/2 Informed an officer who happened to see me removing the plunder that I was a Johnny Darm over from France on extradition business. He swallowed the tale like a lamb, and allowed me to pass with my swag, bless him!

1912 Sporting Times 27 Apr. 4/3 I looked round to see if there was any o' them 'ere damned old Johnny Darmy's about.

1962 F. Mowat Black Joke (1973) vi. 88 Most of they French Johnnydarms knocks off work at suppertime.

2002 P. Rawlings Policing v. 106 The Jenny Darbies: the New Police.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	johnny darm
释义	Johnny Darmn. Brit. /ˈdʒɒnɪ dɑːm/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑni ˌdɑrm/ Forms: α. 1800s Johnny Darby, 1800s– Jenny Darby. β. 1800s jonny darmy, 1800s– Johnny Darmy. γ. 1800s– Johnny Darm, 1800s– Johnnydarm. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: gendarme n. Etymology: Alteration of gendarme n., with full or partial folk-etymological remodelling variously after the male forename Johnny, the female forename Jenny, and the surname Darby. slang (chiefly British). Now historical. In France or a French-speaking country: a paramilitary police officer, a gendarme. Also formerly: (in England) a policeman. Cf. Johnny n. 2f.In the form Jenny Darby originally an opprobrious name for any member of the new Metropolitan Police Force introduced by Sir Robert Peel in 1829. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman truncheon officer1708 runner1735 horny1753 nibbing-cull1775 nabbing-cull1780 police officer1784 police constable1787 policeman1788 scout1789 nabman1792 nabber1795 pig1811 Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 peeler1816 split1819 grunter1823 robin redbreast1824 bulky1828 raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 Johnny Darm1830 polis1833 crusher1835 constable1839 police1839 agent1841 johndarm1843 blue boy1844 bobby1844 bluebottle1845 copper1846 blue1848 polisman1850 blue coat1851 Johnny1851 PC1851 spot1851 Jack1854 truncheonist1854 fly1857 greycoat1857 cop1859 Cossack1859 slop1859 scuffer1860 nailerc1863 worm1864 Robert1870 reeler1879 minion of the law1882 ginger pop1887 rozzer1888 nark1890 bull1893 grasshopper1893 truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 finger1899 flatty1899 mug1903 John Dunn1904 John Hop1905 gendarme1906 Johnny Hop1908 pavement pounder1908 buttons1911 flat-foot1913 pounder1919 Hop1923 bogy1925 shamus1925 heat1928 fuzz1929 law1929 narker1932 roach1932 jonnop1938 grass1939 roller1940 Babylon1943 walloper1945 cozzer1950 Old Bill1958 cowboy1959 monaych1961 cozzpot1962 policeperson1965 woolly1965 Fed1966 wolly1970 plod1971 roz1971 Smokey Bear1974 bear1975 beast1978 woodentop1981 Five-O1983 dibble1990 Bow-street runner- 1830 Morning Advertiser 10 Aug. 3/4 He thereupon called aloud to the crowd, ‘Here's the b——y Jenny Darbys. We shall all be pulled and destroyed by the Jenny Darbys’.— (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor begged to know of the officer what was meant by Jenny Darbys. The officer said the defendant meant the French police, and although he called them by their French name, the Jenny Darbys, it was wonderful how the common people, what know'd little or no French, understood his meaning. 1831 Gallery 140 Comicalities I'm an Englishman, bred and born, and I sharnt submit to any o' your Johnny Darmies. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Dec. 21/2 Gensdarmes has been corrupted into the English slang as Johnny-Darbies, now applied as a nickname to policemen. 1888 Huddersfield Daily Chron. 10 Oct. 4/2 Informed an officer who happened to see me removing the plunder that I was a Johnny Darm over from France on extradition business. He swallowed the tale like a lamb, and allowed me to pass with my swag, bless him! 1912 Sporting Times 27 Apr. 4/3 I looked round to see if there was any o' them 'ere damned old Johnny Darmy's about. 1962 F. Mowat Black Joke (1973) vi. 88 Most of they French Johnnydarms knocks off work at suppertime. 2002 P. Rawlings Policing v. 106 The Jenny Darbies: the New Police. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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