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bow street runner — n. (also Bow Street officer) hist. a London policeman. Etymology: Bow Street in London, containing the chief metropolitan police court * * * noun also bow street officer ˈbō Usage: usually capitalized B&S Etymology: from Bow Street … Useful english dictionary
Bow Street runner — /ˈboʊ strit/ (say boh street) noun (from 1749 to 1829) an officer attached to the magistrates court at Bow Street in London, whose duty was the apprehension of criminals …
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stupid-head — A variant of blockhead. ‘Think it’s the same boy, Stupid head?’ says Blathers, the Bow Street officer to a young man in Dickens’s Oliver Twist … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
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