English
Noun
en-noun
- Literally, someone who wallops.
- AU slang A policeman.
#: 1950: Police! Everyone out! The bloody wallopers are on their way! — w:Frank Hardy|Frank Hardy, w:Power Without Glory|Power Without Glory
#: 1971: Uniformed cops are generally known as 'wallopers', and cops in plain clothes are called 'demons'. These latter, supposed to be disguised, are instantly recognisable. — w:John O'Grady|John O'Grady, Dealing with Cops, from Aussie Etiket, 1971. Quoted in Aussie Humour, Macmillan, 1988, ISBN 0-7251-0553-4, page 200.
ru:walloper
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