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raw lobster

raw lobster noun: synonym of unboiled lobster (“police officer”).

Noun

raw lobster (plural raw lobsters)

  1. (obsolete, slang) Synonym of unboiled lobster (“police officer”).
    • […] comic writers […] have never failed to make capital out of the New Police, Peel's Raw-Lobsters, Peelers, Blue Bottles, &c., &c.1878, Charles Hindley, The life and times of James Catnach, page 206

Synonyms of raw lobster

Forms of raw lobster

pluralraw lobsters

Questions about raw lobster

What does raw lobster mean?
Raw lobster means synonym of unboiled lobster (“police officer”).
What part of speech is raw lobster?
Raw lobster is a noun.
What is the plural of raw lobster?
The plural of raw lobster is raw lobsters.

Words near raw lobster in the dictionary

  1. raw dogs
  2. raw food
  3. raw foodism
  4. raw foodist
  5. raw foodists
  6. raw lobster
  7. raw lobsters
  8. raw material
  9. raw materials
  10. raw milk
  11. raw milks

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