Old Bill
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]- (British, slang, law enforcement) A police officer.
- (British slang, frequently with the) The police force.
- (British slang, dated) A soldier, especially one who resembles the cartoon character of the same name created by Bruce Bairnsfather in 1914.
Synonyms
[edit]- (police officer): See Thesaurus:police or Thesaurus:police officer
Further reading
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Old Bill (comics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “Old Bill, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2004.
