What is a nickname for a policeman; -- so called from Sir Robert Peel. [British Slang] See Bobby called?
peeler — A nickname for a policeman; -- so called from Sir Robert Peel. [British Slang] See Bobby. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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