What does wooden-top mean?
Wooden-top means (British, informal, idiomatic) A uniformed police officer..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(British, informal, idiomatic) A uniformed police officer..
Immediately a big wooden-top came in. He was young and blond.
It is Detective Chief Superintendent Cohn Harpur, one of the bosses, but just a wooden-top like all the rest.
Use wooden-top when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wooden-top means (British, informal, idiomatic) A uniformed police officer..
Common synonyms include police officer.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Immediately a big wooden-top came in. He was young and blond.
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