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dep
noun- a deposition (a copy of a transcript of evidence) UK
Usually in the plural. - — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 43, 1996
- Feckles had had his locker broken into. “Deps” (court depositions) in which it was stated that he had been an official police informant up until 1998 had been stolen and circulated. — Erwin James, The Guardian,
- March 2001: “A life inside”
- a deputy UK, 1851
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 57, 1950
- a deputy prison governor UK, 1950
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 43, 1996
- in the theatre, a company representative of Equity (the actors’ union) UK
- If you are currently a dep, recently been a dep or would like to be a dep give us a call. — Equity Journal, p. 8, June 2001
- in Quebec, a corner store CANADA
A short form of the French word dépanneur, which is also used by anglophones and allophones as well as Quebec French speakers, and is often used to describe what in Ontario is known as a “confectionery”, and in south and central Texas as an “icehouse”. - “Deps,” as they have been known to generations of local students, differentiate themselves from their counterparts in other Canadian urban centres through the sale of beer and infamously low-quality wine. — The McGill Daily, 5 November 2001
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