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Keystone Kop

Keystone Kop is the alternative form 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

Forms of Keystone Kop

pluralKeystone Kops

Questions about Keystone Kop

What is Keystone Kop the alternative form of?
Keystone Kop is the alternative form of Keystone Cop.

Words near Keystone Kop in the dictionary

  1. Keystone Cops
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  3. keystone corners
  4. keystone effect
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  6. Keystone Kop
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  9. keystone species
  10. Keystone State
  11. Keystone Stater

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