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cop shop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From cop (“police officer”) + shop (“workplace”).

Meanings

1. (Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK, slang) A police station.
   • He then drove up to the township and dragged me inside the cop shop. 2011, Robert Watkins, A Face in the Crowd, page 40:
   • “Could you go up the cop shop and bring Paul home again” said Heather. 2007, Rachel Bramble, Stephanie Clover, page 47:
   • 1977-1984, Cop Shop (title of an Australian television series).
   • Billy Suggs spotted Sam standing outside the cop shop when he still was two blocks away. 2005, Steve Brewer, Boost, page 42:

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