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Scotland Yard|ˈskɒtlənd jɑːd|
The name of the head-quarters of the Metropolitan Police, situated from 1829 to 1890 in Great Scotland Yard, a short street off Whitehall in London; from then until 1967 in New Scotland Yard, on the Thames Embankment; and from 1967 in New Scotland Yard, Broadway, Westminster: used allusively to designate the detective department of the Metropolitan Police force. Also attrib.
1864M. E. Braddon H. Dunbar II. xiv. 260, I have called again upon the Scotland-Yard people, and I gave them a minute description of the scene. Ibid. III. iv. 49 Not that anybody would try to thwart me,..if they knew that I was detective officer Henry Carter, of Scotland Yard. 1864[see bluebottle 2]. 1881Punch 9 July 6/2 As in all great crimes, they [sc. criminals] are too much for Scotland Yard and the Seldom-at-Home Secretary. 1907[see reward n.1 4 d]. 1909[see phone v. a]. 1926E. Wallace Ringer 1 Nobody knows, but Scotland Yard and—Henry Arthur Milton. 1939T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 33 He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair. 1962J. McCabe Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy i. 36 A backer for the troupe, a Scotland Yard detective. 1974N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 87 Just forget all the detective stories of bumbling Scotland Yard Inspectors. |