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单词 point policeman
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point policeman
point policeman n. a policeman on point duty (point duty n.); see sense 3h.
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point policeman1895
point constable1905
point man1927
1891 Times 29 Aug. 10/3 Strange to say there is a fixed point policeman not more than 100 yards from the house.]
1895 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 7/1 One o'clock in the morning, at which hour the ‘point’ policeman outside the house goes off duty.
1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? 236 People don't realise how dangerous it is for a point-policeman.
1998 Newcastle Evening Chron. (Nexis) 31 Dec. 21 My Uncle Bill Findlay was a ‘point policeman’ well-known to Newcastle citizens from his work on Neville Street.
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