Meaning

2 senses

  1. (UK, US, in the plural, slang)A policeman.

  2. (UK, dated)A member of the air force.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The boy with blue eyes is Tom.

    Хлопчик з блакитними очима — це Том. — deniko

    ruМальчик с голубыми глазами - Том. — marafon

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  2. Tom is the boy wearing the blue shirt.

    Том — хлопець у блакитній сорочці. — deniko

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  3. The boy wearing the blue sweater is Tom.

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  4. Are you looking for the boy wearing a blue sweater?

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Origin

From their blue uniforms.

From their blue uniforms.

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Forms

plural: boys in blue
Singularboy in blue
Pluralboys in blue

irregular · Lesson

Synonyms

2 synonyms
police officerA2blue job

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boxerB2boyA1boycottboyfriendA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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