noun
General Slang
flatfoot
· noun · police
A beat cop.
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An ordinary uniformed police officer, especially one walking the beat. The joke is the flat feet you'd supposedly develop from pounding the pavement all day. Pure noir-era flavour now.
“Some flatfoot saw the whole thing and blew his whistle.”
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flatfoot In A Sentence
Some flatfoot saw the whole thing and blew his whistle.
Origin & Usage
Early 20th-century American slang, from the flat feet supposedly caused by long hours walking a beat.
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