| 单词 | sweeney todd |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSweeney Todd 1. In full Sweeney Todd. Rhyming slang for ‘Flying Squad’. So, a member of the Flying Squad. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > branch or part of police force > specific water1552 armed police1787 special police1804 detective force1849 traffic police1883 vice squad1905 drug squad1913 blue force1920 ghost squad1922 flying squad1927 Sweeney1936 morality squad1945 courtesy patrol1961 strike force1961 pussy posse1963 drugs squad1965 vice1967 mobile1971 uniform branch1972 uniform1978 NCIS1991 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xxii. 223 The slops had been turning up at the block of flats just as he was making his getaway. Yes, and coming along in a jam jar too. That made them look like Sweenies. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 333 The Sweeney Todd, the Flying Squad. 1956 J. D. Carr Patrick Butler for Def. xiii. 140 The Flying-Squad people are called sweenies, from Sweeny Todd. 1967 N. Lucas C.I.D. xiii. 195 By the way, don't bother to call the Sweeny (Sweeny Todd—Flying Squad). 1971 R. Busby Deadlock i. v. 56 I was with the sweeney before this firm... The Sweeney Todd—crime squad... If you're an old sweeney man too, we'll get along all right. 1977 Guardian Weekly 17 July 10/1 Was designed—as they say in The Sweeney—to put the frighteners on Labour knockers. < as lemmas |
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