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bogey
noun- a uniformed police officer; a police detective UK, 1924
From “bogey-man” (a terrifying creature), ultimately from “old bogey” (the devil); alternatively spelt “bogie” or “bogy”. - To make things worse, he said, one “diddy” [gypsy] was a “tealeaf” who “scarpered Joh Orderley [left in a hurry] when the “bogeys” [police] came round. — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 30, 1953
- [T]he bogies were about to search him on some very hot sus[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 9, 1956
- [T]hey were two bogies of his own manor[.] — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 122, 1958
- “Don’t be daft, if it is the bogeys how can they touch us?” “With two hot motors round the back? Who are you kidding?” — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, p. 43, 1959
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 30, 1996
- an unidentified aircraft, presumed to be hostile until identified as friendly US, 1943
Coined in World War 2 and used since. - A few minutes later came “scramble,” an unidentified “bogey” had been picked up on RAF control radar. — Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, Baa Baa Black Sheep, p. 57, 1958
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 26, 1991
- in betting, the outstanding loser in any book UK
- [H]e could have had the bogey back at 40–1[.] — John McCririck, John McCririck’s World of Betting, p. 131, 1991
- a small lump of dried nasal mucus UK, 1937
Variant spellings include “bogy” and “bogie”. - Everyone was at it: bogies, fag ash, great oysters of phlegm, and this was a posh place too. — Jenny Eclair, Camberwell Beauty, p. 97, 2000
- a wash taken in a creek, dam, etc, especially after a day’s work AUSTRALIA, 1874
- He was a dog worth looking at. Except that he was dusty from a day’s work–and a shake and a bogey would remove that–he was dusty in name only. — Frank Dalby Davison, Dusty, p. 93, 1946
- So you hit yourself with a rozener of rum in an enamel panniken, go for a bogey in the creek, put on clean gear and have another rum. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 38, 1979
- a child’s steerable cart constructed from pram wheels and odds and ends of wood UK: SCOTLAND
- — Michael Munro, The Original Patter, 1985
- in trucking, a set of two axles US
- — Ed and Ruth Radlauer, Truck Tech Talk, p. 10, 1986
- a stalemate, a deadlock UK: SCOTLAND
- The game’s a bogey. — Michael Munro, The Original Patter, 1985
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