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motor cop

motor cop noun: a policeman driving a motorcycle.

Noun

motor cop (plural motor cops)

  1. (informal) A policeman driving a motorcycle.
    • I kept my speedometer at forty or under; Wolfe had told Anderson this would be unostentatious, and besides, I wasn't in the mood for repartee with a motor cop.1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 274

Forms of motor cop

pluralmotor cops

Questions about motor cop

What does motor cop mean?
Motor cop means a policeman driving a motorcycle.
What part of speech is motor cop?
Motor cop is a noun.
What is the plural of motor cop?
The plural of motor cop is motor cops.

Words near motor cop in the dictionary

  1. motor cars
  2. motor cause
  3. Motor City
  4. motor coach
  5. motor coaches
  6. motor cop
  7. motor cops
  8. motor cortex
  9. motor cortexes
  10. motor cortices
  11. motor court

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