"Kojak with a Kodak" meaning in All languages combined

See Kojak with a Kodak on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Kojaks with Kodaks [plural]
Etymology: From TV detective Kojak and the camera brand Kodak; chosen for the rhyme. Head templates: {{en-noun|Kojaks with Kodaks|head=~Kojak:w:~;Kodak:w:~}} Kojak with a Kodak (plural Kojaks with Kodaks)
  1. (CB radio, slang) A police officer with a radar gun. Wikipedia link: Kodak, Kojak Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-Kojak_with_a_Kodak-en-noun-708RnWk- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From TV detective Kojak and the camera brand Kodak; chosen for the rhyme.",
  "forms": [
    {
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          "ref": "2011, Marc Cranswick, The Cars of American Motors: An Illustrated History, page 186:",
          "text": "One of the AMC-supplied Johnson-brand CB radios was handy to keep tabs on Kojaks with Kodaks, or bears in the air.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Matt Cashion, Last Words of the Holy Ghost, page 85:",
          "text": "He was listening for reports of Kojaks with Kodaks, or bear sightings (cop alerts) at his front door (ahead of him), especially plain wrappers (unmarked police cars) parked at specific yardsticks (mile-markers) taking pictures […]",
          "type": "quote"
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      "qualifier": "CB radio",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(CB radio, slang) A police officer with a radar gun."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      "wikipedia": [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Kojak with a Kodak"
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  "etymology_text": "From TV detective Kojak and the camera brand Kodak; chosen for the rhyme.",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Matt Cashion, Last Words of the Holy Ghost, page 85:",
          "text": "He was listening for reports of Kojaks with Kodaks, or bear sightings (cop alerts) at his front door (ahead of him), especially plain wrappers (unmarked police cars) parked at specific yardsticks (mile-markers) taking pictures […]",
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        "A police officer with a radar gun."
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