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plod; plodder; PC Plod; Mr Plod; the plod
noun
a uniformed police officer; the police UK, 1977
Derives from Mr Plod the Policeman, a character in the Noddy stories of Enid Blyton (1897–1968), possibly a pun on “plodding the beat” or, simply, “to plod” (to proceed tediously).- “ It’s the plods, chucking bricks,” said a soul-boy, giggling in disbelief — New Society, 16 July 1981
- [T]he local plod has been issued with its new night-sticks[.] — Andrew Nickolds, Back to Basics, p. 26, 1994
- I’m too old and fat to be running around the streets and swerving Plod. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 121, 1999
- A convoy of 150 plod descended on us, believe it or not. — Dave Courtney, Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off, p. 148, 1999
- I pleaded with the plodder in charge that I’d just bought the car[.] — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 32, 1999
- So this time these two plods came around. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 12, 2000
- Trevor John Atkins to Mister Plod and Kinky to his confederates. — J.J. Connolly, Layer Cake, p. 62, 2000
- [T]wo sergeants, a handful of us lads, and a couple of plonks–women police constables to the rest of the world. We’re plods, they’re plonks. — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 93, 2002
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