"holler copper" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "holler (“to yell”) + copper (“police officer”).",
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      "form": "holler copper sometimes holler \"Copper\"",
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      "form": "hollers copper",
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      "form": "hollering copper",
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      "form": "hollered copper",
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          "ref": "1927, Drew Ryan, Angel's Flight, New York: Boni and Silverlight, page 21",
          "text": "It's alright to holler copper on a guy—but this guy was her friend.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1938 December, Damon Runyon, “Palm Beach Santa Claus”, in Collier’s, published 1924, pages 9–10",
          "text": "“I will never forgive myself if I am compelled to holler copper on anybody whatsoever,” Fatso says, “but,” he says, “of course I will do so as a last resort to prevent Gregorio from marrying Betty Lou. ...”",
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        {
          "ref": "1947 July 17, Red Smith, “They Trut Him Good”, in New York Herald Tribune",
          "text": "The first thing to remember is that there has not been a smidgen of proof that Graziano committed any offense save a technical violation of the commission's Rule 64, which requires a boxer to holler copper when any sinister influence makes a pass at him.",
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        "To draw attention to something about to happen or already in progress in the hope of preventing it from proceeding."
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        "(slang, US, intransitive) To draw attention to something about to happen or already in progress in the hope of preventing it from proceeding."
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      "form": "hollering copper",
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    {
      "form": "hollered copper",
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      "form": "hollered copper",
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