单词 | river police |
释义 | > as lemmasriver police river police n. a police force, or a department of one, with responsibility for patrolling rivers. ΚΠ 1799 P. Colquhon Gen. View Depredations committed on Prop. in Port of London (advt.) The share which several of them have already had in promoting the design of a River Police. 1891 R. Kipling Brugglesmith in Many Inventions 271 And all for the sake of a filthy half-crown to be arrested by the River Police at my time o' life! 1974 Times 15 Apr. 2/1 It sank before river police could note its registration marks. 2004 Independent 26 July 3/3 More recently, river police observed a bottlenose dolphin swimming at Blackfriars Bridge in central London. < as lemmas |
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