On 29/07/2016 17:51, Graham. wrote:
Bob Eager Wrote in message:
On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 08:47:11 +0100, David Lang wrote:

On 29/07/2016 08:11, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 01:03:01 +0100, David Lang wrote:

I'm trying to research the usage of the word "Gavver".
It's commonly used in North Kent as a slang term for the police. As in
"run, the gavvers are coming" or "I've been nicked, I'm at the gavver
station.
It's not a derogatory term like 'filth' or 'pigs' but general slang
like 'rosser' or 'old bill'.
Could you reply with your location and whether or not it's common in
your area?

One of the most common ones in my part of Brighton was the 'bules'.



Should that be "blues"?

No. It was short for 'consta-bules'.

Aha!

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I suppose uttering the last syllable, is safer than the first.



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