| 单词 | john law |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJohn Law John Law n. [compare sense 3] U.S. a (male) police officer; the police or forces of the law considered collectively; cf. sense 3. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] police1798 police force1820 constabulary1837 the force1851 John Law1903 button1921 fuzz1929 law1929 Babylon1943 monaych1961 filth1967 heat1967 Bill1969 Old Bill1970 beast1978 blues and twos1985 dibble1990 po-po1994 1903 J. London in Ainslee's Oct. 79/2 ‘I am a free downtrodden American citizen, and no man shall say my time is his.’ ‘Save John Law,’ he chuckled. 1925 Amer. Speech 1 151/2 ‘Dick’ and ‘bull’ and ‘John Law’ have become established as names for the police, while ‘fink’ and ‘stool’ and ‘fly-dick’ denote the plain-clothes men. 1984 M. A. Jarman Dancing nightly in Tavern 14 They await the ghouls from the pre-fabs. John Law with his flashing baubles and squeaking holster. 2002 Weekly World News 22 Jan. 5/3 Buy one of those magnetic blue or red lights used by rent-a-cops... John Law will think you're a fellow traveller. < as lemmas |
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