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cozzer, n. Brit. slang.
Brit. |ˈkɒzə|, U.S. |ˈkɑzər|
Forms: 19– cozzer, 19– kozzer
[Apparently blend of copper n.4 + rozzer n.]
A policeman; a detective.
1950P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 53 Cozzer, detective or police constable. 1955B. Hill Boss of Britain's Underworld vi. 98, I don't know any cozzer who would have tackled us, mob-handed as we were. 1992Guardian 28 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 9/2, I grin at the picture of Frank opening the door in a couple of weeks to a couple of kozzers asking him the name of the jibber who rang him on the day in question, Sir. 2000M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze (2001) xxxii. 365 Archie rolled his eyes. ‘Yeah, that works with the Bermondsey cozzers, who'd never beat the crap out of us.’ |