peeler
/ˈpiːlɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who peels.
noun
One who peels.
noun
One who peels.
noun
A device for peeling fruit or vegetables.
noun
A device for peeling fruit or vegetables.
Example Sentences
- "A peeler man who heard the din came in to see the show; He tried to run the bushman in, but he refused to go. And when at last the barber spoke, and said "'Twas all in fun— 'Twas just a little harmless joke, a trifle overdone.""
- "I’d covered pretty nearly two miles before I came across a peeler, — and when I did the man was cracked — and he thought me mad, or drunk, or both. By the time I’d got myself within nodding distance of being run in for obstructing the police in the execution of their duty, […] Holt was out of sight."
- "I was standin' there and the car came down the street with the two peelers comin' after them and I'm standin' here with [my son] in my arms."
- "How do you fight back to get your right back to walk free down the street when your name and address singles you out for every Peeler on the beat?"
- "Special Irish Branch was looking for Fenians in South Kensington; going from there to a Catholic church for Easter Mass was very nearly the stupidest thing Eliza could do, short of walking into Scotland Yard and cursing the peelers out in Irish."
- "It was Jem and Georgie that was in mortal danger, true, but there was not one of us that wanted the peelers asking us questions."
Etymology
From the surname of Sir Robert Peel, who established the Irish constabulary and London's police force; compare bobby, from the given name.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpiːlɚ/
- British English: /ˈpiːlə/
Usage
- British usage
- Slang
- Derogatory
- Obsolete
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.