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Keystone Cops

Keystone Cops is the plural of Keystone Cop.

Meaning of Keystone Cop

Noun

Keystone Cop (plural Keystone Cops)

  1. (informal) A bungling, incompetent policeman.
    • Every blunder added weight to defense depictions of the CID as a bunch of Keystone Kops bunglers, a disgrace to serious criminal investigation.2003, Colin Evans, A Question of Evidence, page 162

Questions about Keystone Cops

What is Keystone Cops the plural of?
Keystone Cops is the plural of Keystone Cop.

Words near Keystone Cops in the dictionary

  1. keyspaces
  2. keyster
  3. keysters
  4. keystone
  5. Keystone Cop
  6. Keystone Cops
  7. keystone corner
  8. keystone corners
  9. keystone effect
  10. keystone effects
  11. Keystone Kop

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