cozzer

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• cozzer — noun a policeman, especially a detective; a rozzer …   Wiktionary

• cozzer's — Cockney Rhyming Slang Cops …   English dialects glossary

• cozzer — n a police officer. An item of London working class slang. The word might have originated in the archaic market porters term cozza(r) , from the Hebrew chazar meaning pork or pig. London s first black policeman, Norwell Roberts, was known as… …   Contemporary slang