peeler

Definition

A police officer.

Etymology

From the surname of Sir Robert Peel, who established the Irish constabulary and London's police force; compare bobby, from the given name.

Example Sentences

• "A peeler man who heard the din came in to see the show; He tried to run the bushman in, but he refused to go. And when at last the barber spoke, and said "'Twas all in fun— 'Twas just a little harmless joke, a trifle overdone.""
• "I’d covered pretty nearly two miles before I came across a peeler, — and when I did the man was cracked — and he thought me mad, or drunk, or both. By the time I’d got myself within nodding distance of being run in for obstructing the police in the execution of their duty, […] Holt was out of sight."
• "I was standin' there and the car came down the street with the two peelers comin' after them and I'm standin' here with [my son] in my arms."

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