PEELER (n.) Not to be confused with citrus fruits the nomenclature for police persons doth derive from the founding father of policing.
Dr. Johnson’s London Dictionary for publick consumption in the twenty-first century avail yourself on Twitter @JohnsonsLondon
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I haven’t heard anyone call them The Peelers since I was a schoolboy in Bermondsey. 🙂
Cheers, Pete.
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About the time of the good Dr. Johnson?
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Not a striptease artist then?
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That was a pithy reply!
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