Thanks Piers, rather interesting.
I've been trying to control my OT predilections a bit on the list too.
With only limited success, of course, but I try to do my bit when the
noise level gets high. :-)
Moose
Piers Hemy wrote:
>Had to go off-line for this one:
>
>>From "Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English", Eric Partridge, 1936
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>Rozzer occ, rosser. A policeman: c.: from ca. 1870. See roosher for
>possible etymology; cf., however Romany roozlo (or -us), strong
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>Roosher. A constable: c.: from ca. 1870; ob. Either a corruption of rozzer,
>q.v., or ex Scots rooser, ruser, a braggart
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>And also, apropos of nothing much:
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>Moose milk. 'Any of various home brews concocted in the Yukon. One consists
>of Eagle Brand condensed milk laced liberally with rum.
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>Piers
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of Moose
>Sent: 07 September 2004 10:16
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: OT Re: Re: excessive quoting
>
>It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide. was a phrase used fairly
>often in Mad Magazine going back before the 60s. As I recall, it is actually
>meaningful in some NY slang of an even earlier era, but I don't remember
>what. So it certainly predates Orange.
>
>Moose
>
>Andrew Fildes wrote:
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>>Some words in the glossary seem not to fit the analysis - I'm sure that
>>rozzer for cop predates the movie,
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