esclop
UK/slɒp/US/slɑp/
esclop noun: the police.
Noun
esclop (plural esclops)
- The police.
- We had not been engaged in our reading very long when at the far end of the arch I noticed a twinkling light. "Kool esclop!" shouted one of the boys, at the same moment doucing the glim and bolting with his companion, leaving me in the dark with my upset beer bottle and my douced candle, forming a...1903 October, Rev. Arthur Tappan Pierson, quoting Hogg, Quintin, “Quintin Hogg and the London Polytechnic”, in Missionary Review of the World, volume 26, number 16, page 734
- Synonyms:
- ecilop, 5-O, Babylon, bacon, Big Blue Machine, Bill, boydem, constabulary, dibble, donut patrol
Synonyms of esclop
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- ducks and geese
- feds
- force
- filth
- five-o
- fuzz
- garda
- gardai
- gendarmerie
- heat
- law
- maaveh
- monarch
- Old Bill
- piglice
- plod
- po-po
- police
- police department
- police force
- police service
- polis
- thin blue line
- any plural synonym of police officer
Forms of esclop
| plural | esclops |
|---|---|
| alternative form | eslop |
Origin of esclop
Back slang for police.
Words formed from esclop
Words that rhyme with esclop
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Questions about esclop
- What does esclop mean?
- Esclop means the police.
- What part of speech is esclop?
- Esclop is a noun.
- How do you pronounce esclop?
- Esclop is pronounced /slɒp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of esclop?
- The plural of esclop is esclops.
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