sleeping policeman

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sleeping policeman

noun sleeping policemen

Caribbean, UK, idiomatic A speed bump. We don't care much to figure out terms like "brolly" (umbrella) and "sleeping policeman" (speed bump).

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@misc{sleeping_policeman_2026,
  title = {sleeping policeman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sleeping%20policeman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}