boy in blue
English
Etymology
From their
blue
uniforms
.
Pronunciation
Audio (AU)
(file)
Noun
boy
in
blue
(
plural
boys in blue
)
(
UK
,
US
,
slang
,
chiefly
in the plural
)
A
policeman
.
(
UK
,
air force
slang
,
dated
)
A member of the
air force
.
Synonym:
blue job
2006
, David W. Clark,
Joe's Letters
, page
38
:
Air force personnel used to distinguish airmen (blue jobs or
boys in blue
) from army personnel (brown jobs or boys in brown).
Synonyms
See
Thesaurus:police officer
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