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Apr 05, 2004 00:05

"Several popular etymologies, all certainly false, exist for this word meaning policeman. One says that it is an acronym standing for Constable On Patrol. Another says that the first policemen in London (or another city--it varies in the telling) had copper buttons on their uniforms. Yet another says that it was not buttons, but a copper badge that ( Read more... )

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cancer_dancer April 6 2004, 18:37:27 UTC
popos and pigs

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