charpering carsey
English edit
Etymology edit
From charper (“to seek”) + carsey (“house”). Compare charpering omi (“policeman”).
Noun edit
- (Polari) A police station.
- 2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Fact is, / she’ll end up in the charpering carsey / of Jennifer Justice.