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police positives

police positives is the plural of police positive.

Meaning of police positive

Noun

police positive (plural police positives)

  1. (US, historical) Synonym of police special (“pistol manufactured for police use”).
    • His last action was to slip his right hand under the pillow until it rested under the butt of the ·38 Colt Police Positive with the sawn barrel. Then he slept, and with the warmth and humour of his eyes extinguished, his features relapsed into a taciturn mask, ironical, brutal, and cold.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 13
    Synonyms:
    police special

Questions about police positives

What is police positives the plural of?
Police positives is the plural of police positive.

Words near police positives in the dictionary

  1. police officers
  2. police offices
  3. police one's brass
  4. Police Point
  5. police positive
  6. police positives
  7. police power
  8. police procedural
  9. police procedurals
  10. police protection
  11. police record

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