English Explanatory Dictionary

Inspector Knacker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A generic police officer, or the police in general.

Word forms

Inspector Knacker Inspector Knackers

Etymology

Coined by Private Eye as "Knacker of the Yard", a pun on knacker's yard and the practice of referring to Scotland Yard as the Yard.

Related words

Officer Friendly
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