labdick

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Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Lothian and Borders Police + dick.

Noun[edit]

labdick (plural labdicks)

  1. (dialect, Edinburgh) policeman
    • 1993, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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