noun
General Slang
hobby bobby
· noun · police
A UK Special Constable — volunteer with full powers but no pay.
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A Special Constable — a volunteer warranted officer with the same powers as a regular but unpaid. Used patronisingly by full-timers and the public alike.
“Don't worry about him, he's just a hobby bobby — doing Saturday nights for the patches.”
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hobby bobby In A Sentence
Don't worry about him, he's just a hobby bobby — doing Saturday nights for the patches.
Origin & Usage
British, rhyming insult. 'Bobby' is the standard nickname for a constable (after Sir Robert Peel); pair it with 'hobby' and you've got a part-timer doing it for kicks.
Variants
hobby-bobby
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