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woodentop
noun- a uniformed police officer UK, 1982
After the children’s television puppet show The Woodentops 1955–58. The variant “woody” is also used. - A phalanx of woodentops waded in, putting it about a bit lively with their truncheons[.] — Jake Arnott, He Kills Coppers, p. 216, 2001
- There's more to life than being a Woody–CID-speak for Woodentops[.] — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, pp. 87–88, 2002
- a fool; also attributed as an adjective UK, 1983
After the sense “a police officer”. - Why is that bloody “woodentop” MP always on the TV? — The Times, 28 June 2003
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