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Synonyms
bobby [British], bull [slang], constable [chiefly British], cop, copper, flatfoot [slang], fuzz, gendarme, lawman, officer, police officer, policeman
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1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1
perhaps from Yiddish shames shammes; from a jocular comparison of the duties of a sexton and those of a store detective
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