walloper

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[edit] Noun

Singular
walloper

Plural
wallopers

walloper (plural wallopers)

  1. Literally, someone who wallops.
  2. (Australian) (slang) A policeman.
    1950: Police! Everyone out! The bloody wallopers are on their way!Frank Hardy, Power Without Glory
    1971: Uniformed cops are generally known as 'wallopers', and cops in plain clothes are called 'demons'. These latter, supposed to be disguised, are instantly recognisable.John O'Grady, Dealing with Cops, from Aussie Etiket, 1971. Quoted in Aussie Humour, Macmillan, 1988, ISBN 0-7251-0553-4, page 200.
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