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Boy in blue

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A policeman. UK, US, in-plural, slang
  2. 2
    A member of the air force. UK, dated

    "Air force personnel used to distinguish airmen (blue jobs or boys in blue) from army personnel (brown jobs or boys in brown)."

Etymology

From their blue uniforms.

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