nabbern.

Brit.

/ˈnabə/, U.S.

/ˈnæbər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nab v.², -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < nab v.² + -er suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier nabbing-cull n., nabman n. Compare also later nab n.³

colloquial.

A person who nabs someone or something; a bailiff, police officer, etc.; a thief.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman

truncheon officer1708

runner1735

horny1753

nibbing-cull1775

nabbing-cull1780

police officer1784

police constable1787

policeman1788

scout1789

nabman1792

nabber1795

pig1811

Bow-street officer1812

nab1813

peeler1816

split1819

grunter1823

robin redbreast1824

bulky1828

raw (or unboiled) lobster1829

Johnny Darm1830

polis1833

crusher1835

constable1839

police1839

agent1841

johndarm1843

blue boy1844

bobby1844

bluebottle1845

copper1846

blue1848

polisman1850

blue coat1851

Johnny1851

PC1851

spot1851

Jack1854

truncheonist1854

fly1857

greycoat1857

cop1859

Cossack1859

slop1859

scuffer1860

nailerc1863

worm1864

Robert1870

reeler1879

minion of the law1882

ginger pop1887

rozzer1888

nark1890

bull1893

grasshopper1893

truncheon-bearer1896

John1898

finger1899

flatty1899

mug1903

John Dunn1904

John Hop1905

gendarme1906

Johnny Hop1908

pavement pounder1908

buttons1911

flat-foot1913

pounder1919

Hop1923

bogy1925

shamus1925

heat1928

fuzz1929

law1929

narker1932

roach1932

jonnop1938

grass1939

roller1940

Babylon1943

walloper1945

cozzer1950

Old Bill1958

cowboy1959

monaych1961

cozzpot1962

policeperson1965

woolly1965

Fed1966

wolly1970

plod1971

roz1971

Smokey Bear1974

bear1975

beast1978

woodentop1981

Five-O1983

dibble1990

Bow-street runner-

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun]

thief688

bribera1387

stealer1508

taker?a1513

goodfellow1566

snatcher1575

lift1591

liftera1592

larcin1596

Tartar1602

lime-twig1606

outparter1607

Tartarian1608

flick1610

puggard1611

gilt1620

nim1630

highwayman1652

cloyer1659

out-trader1660

Robin Goodfellow1680

birdlime1705

gyp1728

filch1775

kiddy1780

snaveller1781

larcenist1803

pincher1814

geach1821

wharf-rat1823

toucher1837

larcener1839

snammer1839

drummer1856

gun1857

forker1867

gunsmith1869

nabber1880

thiever1899

tea-leaf1903

gun moll1908

nicker1909

knocker-off1926

possum1945

scuffler1961

rip-off1969

1795 J. O'Keeffe Life's Vagaries v. i. 81 Distanced the nabber! my Lovely partner!

1810 Splendid Follies III. 118 Oxford, where..he might elude the pursuit of nabbers till daddy's heart relented.

1837 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 192 No—the nabbers must have you.

1880 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Nabber, a pilferer, a thief.

1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side iii. 297 She shoved one out a window, another walked past a nabber with a bill in his hand.

1994 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Electronic ed.) 7 Dec. He's offering a $250 reward for return of the lizard and apprehension of the lizard nabber.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nabber
释义	nabbern. Brit. /ˈnabə/, U.S. /ˈnæbər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nab v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < nab v.² + -er suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier nabbing-cull n., nabman n. Compare also later nab n.³ colloquial. A person who nabs someone or something; a bailiff, police officer, etc.; a thief. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman truncheon officer1708 runner1735 horny1753 nibbing-cull1775 nabbing-cull1780 police officer1784 police constable1787 policeman1788 scout1789 nabman1792 nabber1795 pig1811 Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 peeler1816 split1819 grunter1823 robin redbreast1824 bulky1828 raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 Johnny Darm1830 polis1833 crusher1835 constable1839 police1839 agent1841 johndarm1843 blue boy1844 bobby1844 bluebottle1845 copper1846 blue1848 polisman1850 blue coat1851 Johnny1851 PC1851 spot1851 Jack1854 truncheonist1854 fly1857 greycoat1857 cop1859 Cossack1859 slop1859 scuffer1860 nailerc1863 worm1864 Robert1870 reeler1879 minion of the law1882 ginger pop1887 rozzer1888 nark1890 bull1893 grasshopper1893 truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 finger1899 flatty1899 mug1903 John Dunn1904 John Hop1905 gendarme1906 Johnny Hop1908 pavement pounder1908 buttons1911 flat-foot1913 pounder1919 Hop1923 bogy1925 shamus1925 heat1928 fuzz1929 law1929 narker1932 roach1932 jonnop1938 grass1939 roller1940 Babylon1943 walloper1945 cozzer1950 Old Bill1958 cowboy1959 monaych1961 cozzpot1962 policeperson1965 woolly1965 Fed1966 wolly1970 plod1971 roz1971 Smokey Bear1974 bear1975 beast1978 woodentop1981 Five-O1983 dibble1990 Bow-street runner- the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] thief688 bribera1387 stealer1508 taker?a1513 goodfellow1566 snatcher1575 lift1591 liftera1592 larcin1596 Tartar1602 lime-twig1606 outparter1607 Tartarian1608 flick1610 puggard1611 gilt1620 nim1630 highwayman1652 cloyer1659 out-trader1660 Robin Goodfellow1680 birdlime1705 gyp1728 filch1775 kiddy1780 snaveller1781 larcenist1803 pincher1814 geach1821 wharf-rat1823 toucher1837 larcener1839 snammer1839 drummer1856 gun1857 forker1867 gunsmith1869 nabber1880 thiever1899 tea-leaf1903 gun moll1908 nicker1909 knocker-off1926 possum1945 scuffler1961 rip-off1969 1795 J. O'Keeffe Life's Vagaries v. i. 81 Distanced the nabber! my Lovely partner! 1810 Splendid Follies III. 118 Oxford, where..he might elude the pursuit of nabbers till daddy's heart relented. 1837 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 192 No—the nabbers must have you. 1880 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Nabber, a pilferer, a thief. 1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side iii. 297 She shoved one out a window, another walked past a nabber with a bill in his hand. 1994 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Electronic ed.) 7 Dec. He's offering a $250 reward for return of the lizard and apprehension of the lizard nabber. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1795
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