woodentopとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

The expression may be a reference to the wooden construction of a bobby's custodian helmet.

発音

名詞

wooden-top (複数形 wooden-tops)

1. (Britain, informal, idiomatic) A uniformed police officer.
   • 1988, Derek Raymond, The Devil's Home on Leave, Ballantine Books, page 151:

     Immediately a big wooden-top came in. He was young and blond.

   • 1991, Bill James, The Lolita Man, W. W. Norton & Company, page 41 [1]:

     It is Detective Chief Superintendent Cohn Harpur, one of the bosses, but just a wooden-top like all the rest.

使用する際の注意点

Used by British police, Criminal Investigation Department detectives.

同意語

• (police officer): see Thesaurus:police officer

参照

• wooden-top, on UK Police Slang and Acronyms.