unboiled lobster en · NOUN
Etymology
From the red coats they used to wear.
Meanings
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(obsolete, slang) A police officer.
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.
1864, William Russell, Autobiography of a London Detective, page 52:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unboiled lobsters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |