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charpering carsey

charpering carsey noun: a police station.

Noun

charpering carsey

  1. (Polari) A police station.
    • Fact is, / she’ll end up in the charpering carsey / of Jennifer Justice.2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian

Origin of charpering carsey

From charper (“to seek”) + carsey (“house”). Compare charpering omi (“policeman”).

Questions about charpering carsey

What does charpering carsey mean?
Charpering carsey means a police station.
What part of speech is charpering carsey?
Charpering carsey is a noun.

Words near charpering carsey in the dictionary

  1. Charpentier
  2. Charpentiers
  3. charper
  4. charpered
  5. charpering
  6. charpering carsey
  7. charpering omi
  8. charpering omis
  9. charpers
  10. charpie
  11. charpies

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