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police boys

police boys is the plural of police boy.

Meaning of police boy

Noun

police boy (plural police boys)

  1. (historical, offensive) A black policeman in colonial Africa or Melanesia, with authority over the locals but no authority over the colonists.

Questions about police boys

What is police boys the plural of?
Police boys is the plural of police boy.

Words near police boys in the dictionary

  1. police blotter
  2. police blotters
  3. police box
  4. police boxes
  5. police boy
  6. police boys
  7. police brutality
  8. police burgh
  9. police burghs
  10. police captain
  11. police captains

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