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esclop

/slɒp/ UK
/slɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

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Back slang for police.

noun esclops · eslop

archaic The police. We had not been engaged in our reading very long when at the far end of the arch I noticed a twinkling light. "Kool esclop!" shouted one of the boys, at the same moment doucing the glim and bolting with his companion, leaving me in the dark with my upset beer bottle and my douced candle, forming a s
Similar: ecilop, 5-O, Babylon, bacon, Big Blue Machine, Bill, boydem, constabulary, dibble, donut patrol, ducks and geese, esclop

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@misc{esclop_2026,
  title = {esclop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/esclop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}