"unboiled lobster" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: unboiled lobsters [plural]
Etymology: From the red coats they used to wear. Head templates: {{en-noun}} unboiled lobster (plural unboiled lobsters)
  1. (obsolete, slang) A police officer. Tags: obsolete, slang Synonyms: raw lobster
    Sense id: en-unboiled_lobster-en-noun-AV3sVPGj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1864, William Russell, Autobiography of a London Detective, page 52",
          "text": "Unfortunately, the police have got your address. I didn't tell the unboiled lobster that, though born in England, your mother was a French woman — a Saint Aubin.",
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        "(obsolete, slang) A police officer."
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