eslop
eslop is the alternative form of esclop.
Meaning of esclop
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
Forms of eslop
| plural | eslops |
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Questions about eslop
- What is eslop the alternative form of?
- Eslop is the alternative form of esclop.
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