| 单词 | to come or turn copper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come or turn copper A policeman; also attributive, as in copperstick, a policeman's truncheon. Hence, one who informs on fellow prisoners; a police informant; esp. to come or turn copper. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman truncheon officer1708 runner1735 horny1753 nibbing-cull1775 nabbing-cull1780 police officer1784 police constable1787 policeman1788 scout1789 nabman1792 nabber1795 pig1811 Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 peeler1816 split1819 grunter1823 robin redbreast1824 bulky1828 raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 Johnny Darm1830 polis1833 crusher1835 constable1839 police1839 agent1841 johndarm1843 blue boy1844 bobby1844 bluebottle1845 copper1846 blue1848 polisman1850 blue coat1851 Johnny1851 PC1851 spot1851 Jack1854 truncheonist1854 fly1857 greycoat1857 cop1859 Cossack1859 slop1859 scuffer1860 nailerc1863 worm1864 Robert1870 reeler1879 minion of the law1882 ginger pop1887 rozzer1888 nark1890 bull1893 grasshopper1893 truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 finger1899 flatty1899 mug1903 John Dunn1904 John Hop1905 gendarme1906 Johnny Hop1908 pavement pounder1908 buttons1911 flat-foot1913 pounder1919 Hop1923 bogy1925 shamus1925 heat1928 fuzz1929 law1929 narker1932 roach1932 jonnop1938 grass1939 roller1940 Babylon1943 walloper1945 cozzer1950 Old Bill1958 cowboy1959 monaych1961 cozzpot1962 policeperson1965 woolly1965 Fed1966 wolly1970 plod1971 roz1971 Smokey Bear1974 bear1975 beast1978 woodentop1981 Five-O1983 dibble1990 Bow-street runner- society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer setter1630 nose1789 mouchard1802 rat1818 stool-pigeon1830 knark1851 police informer1851 nark1859 telegraph1864 copper1885 sarbut1897 Noah's Ark1898 stool1906 snout1910 finger1914 policeman1923 stoolie1924 shelf1926 grass1929 grasshopper1937 grasser1950 stukach1969 supergrass1975 society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)] inform1588 peach1598 whistle1599 sing1612 whiddlec1661 squeak1690 wheedle1710 whittle1735 to blow the gab1785 snitch1801 rat1810 nose1811 sing1816 gnarl1819 split1819 stag1839 clype1843 squeal1846 blow1848 to round on1857 nark1859 pimp1865 squawk1872 ruck1884 to come or turn copper1891 copper1897 sneak1897 cough1901 stool1911 tattle-tale1918 snout1923 talk1924 fink1925 scream1925 sarbut1928 grass1929 to turn over1967 dime1970 1846 Sessions Papers 16 May 39 I have heard the police called coppers before. 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 21 (Farmer). 1864 Manch. Courier 13 June (Farmer) As they pass a policeman they will..exhibit a copper coin, which is equivalent to calling the officer copper. 1881 Standard 13 Jan. 2/7 Remarking that Withers and his brother constables were only ‘coppers out of uniform.’ 1882 Standard 4 Sept. 2/5 A crowd followed, shouting out..‘Kick the Coppers’. 1885 M. Davitt Leaves from Prison Diary I. ii. 22 They never ‘round’ upon each other, while they hold all ‘coppers’ (prison informers) in detestation. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Nov. 6/1 Specials..with ‘copper’ sticks in hand. 1891 Sessions Papers 24 Oct. 1215 He has turned copper on us. 1925 S. Scott Human Side Crook Life i. 23 ‘Coppering’, or turning informant, is the deadly sin among crooks... Men will listen to the vilest epithets, but call them ‘bogey’, ‘brassey’, ‘copper’, or ‘policeman’, and they will be at your throat. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 330 Copper, policeman. ‘To come copper’ means to inform. An informer is also described as ‘a copper’. 1958 M. Procter Man in Ambush xvi. 196 If you come copper on Lionel, I'll come copper on you. < as lemmas |
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