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policeman

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A member of a body of police; a constable.

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All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. Charlie Chaplin

Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner. W. Somerset Maugham

The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket. Joseph Conrad

No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this - 'devoted and obedient'. This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman. Florence Nightingale

Oh Jake," Brett said, "We could have had such a damned good time together." Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly, pressing Brett against me. Yes," I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so? Ernest Hemingway

The policeman on the beat or in the patrol car makes more decisions and exercises broader discretion affecting the daily lives of people every day and to a greater extent, in many respects, than a judge will ordinarily exercise in a week. Warren E. Burger

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