constab
English
editEtymology
editShort for constable.
Noun
editconstab (plural constabs)
- (chiefly Caribbean) A police officer.
- 1991, Larry Duberstein, Postcards from Pinsk:
- "I am going to the kitchen this time, Orrin. If I come back in ten minutes and you have not gone, I will simply call the police."
Simply, no less. Could it really be simple for her to have the constabs haul him away?