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motor cops

motor cops is the plural of motor cop.

Meaning of motor cop

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

Questions about motor cops

What is motor cops the plural of?
Motor cops is the plural of motor cop.

Words near motor cops in the dictionary

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

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