Old Bill
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Noun edit
- (British, slang, law enforcement) A police officer.
- (British slang, frequently with the) The police force.
- (British slang, dated) A soldier, especially one who resembles the cartoon character of the same name created by Bruce Bairnsfather in 1914.
Synonyms edit
- (police officer): See Thesaurus:police or Thesaurus:police officer
Further reading edit
Old Bill (comics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “Old Bill, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2004.
