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1 bobby
Полицейский. Первые организованные полицейские отряды в Англии были созданы в 1829 г. в Лондоне тогдашним министром внутренних дел сэром Робертом Пилем (Robert Peel). Бобби — уменьшительно-ласкательная форма от имени Роберт. Полицейских того времени также называли peelers.There was less street crime in the days when there were more bobbies on the beat. — Было гораздо меньше преступлений на улицах в те дни, когда патрульные полицейские находились на посту. (
Beat — район, закреплённый за полицейским для пешего патрулирования.) -
2 have one's collar felt
expr infmlThe man had his collar felt so often that he knew all the bobbies in the area — Его так часто забирали в полицию, что он знает всех полицейских в этом районе
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