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The Peeler", a short story by Flannery O'Connor; Peeler (law enforcement), British and Irish slang for a police officer; Bronc Peeler, an American comic strip cowboy; Peeler Lake, a lake in Mono County, California
UK slang term for Community Support Officers, acronym for "Completely Hopeless in Most Policing Situations". [14] [verification needed] Chota Central American and Mexico slang term for police. [15] Cig Pronounced / ˈ k i ɡ / with a hard C; used to refer to inspectors in the Irish police force, An Garda Síochána. Derived from the Irish name ...
(slang) emergency vehicle with lights and sirens (emergency services in the UK generally use blue flashing lights and formerly used a two-tone siren) (US: lights and sirens or code) bobby police officer, named after Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the Metropolitan Police in 1829. The word "peeler" of similar origin, is used in Northern Ireland.
Sláinte, Banjaxed, Stall the ball? Anyone can wear green on Saint Patrick's Day, but do you know what these Irish words mean and how to say them?
The Peeler and the Goat was intended to poke fun at a number of factors affecting 19th century Ireland. Even though the Penal Laws, which had been passed as religious persecution of Irish Catholics, had been overturned by the Catholic Emancipation in 1829, pervasive religious discrimination continued until the end of the Irish War of Independence in 1922.
The second more direct origin of the current usage comes from 1914 when James Joyce used the Irish slang gas to describe joking or frivolity. During the "Jazz Age," the expression was picked up by ...
Slang used in the Republic of Ireland. Pages in category "Irish slang" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
A shamrock (a traditional Irish symbol, used by St Patrick, patron saint of all Ireland, to explain the Christian Trinity) The flag of the PSNI is the badge in the centre of a dark green field. Under the Police Emblems and Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 no other flag can be used by the PSNI and it is the only one permitted to be ...