labdick

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Scots

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Etymology

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From Lothian and Borders Police + dick.

Noun

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labdick (plural labdicks)

  1. (dialect, Edinburgh) policeman
    • 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 333:
      Begbie, realising that they are well on their way and have not been intercepted by the Lothian and Borders Constabulary, the labdicks, is more relaxed.
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