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| Old Bill |
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U.K. the police: the police considered collectively, or an individual police officer or a group of police
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slang
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  Better watch it, lads, here come the Old Bill.
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| [Probably from a cartoon character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1887-1959), who was used in a recruitment campaign for London's Metropolitan Police] |
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