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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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ploops
noun plural
the police
20-
.
etymology:
origin obscure; perhaps a derogatory nickname from
ploop v
; also collected by
EMcC/PS
; attested by
JS
,
BS in TDITA
,
SS
and
BW
note:
Canadian Paul Pope (2013) attests the form
ploop
‘a policeman’.