| 单词 | sparrow cop |
| 释义 | > as lemmassparrow cop sparrow cop n. U.S. slang (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > with other specific duties receiver1829 shoo-fly1877 charge-inspector1887 sparrow cop1896 handler1908 courtesy cop1938 community policeman1941 first responder1975 1896 Harper's Mag. June 104/1 The boys do call a park policeman a sparrow-cop, don't they? 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 111/1 Sparrow cop, police or motorcycle officer who patrols parks and boulevards (petty thefts and petting parties). 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 506/2 Sparrow cop, a policeman in disfavor with his superiors and assigned to a park to guard the grass. < as lemmas |
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