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单词 speed cop
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speed cop
speed cop n. slang a policeman or official detailed to enforce traffic laws, esp. a motorcycle patrolman.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > traffic policeman
traffic officer1852
traffic cop1905
highway patrol1909
speed cop1924
1924 Cape Argus 12 Jan. 20 These ‘speed cops’, however, wear uniform and are not got up to appear like ordinary motor-cyclists.
1925 Dollar Mag. Dec. 205 Speed-cops are posted on the highways with powerful motor-cycles to catch unwary speedsters.
1933 Amer. Speech 8 72/2 His Grace, on being stopped, demanded ‘Are you a speed-cop?’ The patriotic magistrates fined him £10. 10s. and suspended his license for three months.
1948 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 3 July 77/3 Speed cops still speak politely to me.
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