| 单词 | boston's finest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBoston's finest P9. Originally U.S. New York's finest: the New York police department; New York police officers collectively. Hence similarly Boston's finest, Montreal's finest, etc. ΚΠ 1883 Boston Daily Advertiser 9 Jan. 4 Several years ago a local orator dubbed the New York police ‘the finest in the world’.] 1884 G. Williams Songs & Recitations 5 To New York's 'Finest', remember I belong... If on my beat there is a row, I gently stroll away. 1895 Merck Market Rep. 1 Feb. 53/2 A raid on venders of this product [sc. rice wine] who were not licensed was recently made by Boston's ‘finest’. 1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 215 A member of New York's ‘Finest’, Detective John J. Walsh. 1987 E. E. Smith Miss Melville Returns (1988) xxiii. 195 ‘Ah, yes, the police... They must be demons of efficiency’... ‘They're not called New York's Finest for nothing’. 1990 P. Edwards Blood Brothers i. ii. 15 Montreal's finest had been tipped off to the armoured car hold-up. 2004 Time 1 Mar. 42/3 Iraq's newly reformed police force is..trying to return security... [Those] behind the violence..have Baghdad's finest in their sights. < as lemmas |
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