raw lobster en · NOUN
Meanings
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(obsolete, slang) Synonym of unboiled lobster (“police officer”).
[…] comic writers […] have never failed to make capital out of the New Police, Peel's Raw-Lobsters, Peelers, Blue Bottles, &c., &c.
1878, Charles Hindley, The life and times of James Catnach, page 206:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| raw lobsters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |