Lorryist.

Where and when did the word lorry originate from,truck came from truc,south american for a round shape stone,or wheel shape,from many centuries ago.
And why are the police called rozzers,coppers,old bill,and nick as in you are nicked,judge is a beak,how did they originate?

lorry
“A truck, a long, flat wagon,” 1838, British railroad word, probably from verb lurry “to pull, tug,” of uncertain origin. Meaning “large motor vehicle for carrying goods” is first attested 1911.

Rozzer…
May come from the Romany word for strongman…“roozulus”

Old Bill…
The ‘old bill’ was, in Victorian times, a bill presumed to be presented by the police for a bribe to persuade them to turn a blind eye to some nefarious activity

Copper…
Like “cop”, and probably from the same origin. A copper is someone who cops someone, or grabs him.

Beak…
“The term ‘beak’ has been used to signify a judge or magistrate for several centuries, but there are several theories as to why this might be.
One is that the term comes from an Old English word, beag, meaning a necklace worn as a badge of office.
It is also thought that the word might have evolved from harman beck, which from the mid-16th to the early 19th century meant a constable, beadle or parish officer.”

Hope this helps toby.

All found via Google ! :smiley:

toowise:
lorry
“A truck, a long, flat wagon,” 1838, British railroad word, probably from verb lurry “to pull, tug,” of uncertain origin. Meaning “large motor vehicle for carrying goods” is first attested 1911.

Rozzer…
May come from the Romany word for strongman…“roozulus”

Old Bill…
The ‘old bill’ was, in Victorian times, a bill presumed to be presented by the police for a bribe to persuade them to turn a blind eye to some nefarious activity

Copper…
Like “cop”, and probably from the same origin. A copper is someone who cops someone, or grabs him.

Beak…
“The term ‘beak’ has been used to signify a judge or magistrate for several centuries, but there are several theories as to why this might be.
One is that the term comes from an Old English word, beag, meaning a necklace worn as a badge of office.
It is also thought that the word might have evolved from harman beck, which from the mid-16th to the early 19th century meant a constable, beadle or parish officer.”

Hope this helps toby.

All found via Google ! :smiley:

someones got too much spare time

just got bored for a minute seafrog, change of scenery woke me up :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

toowise:
lorry
“A truck, a long, flat wagon,” 1838, British railroad word, probably from verb lurry “to pull, tug,” of uncertain origin. Meaning “large motor vehicle for carrying goods” is first attested 1911.

Rozzer…
May come from the Romany word for strongman…“roozulus”

Old Bill…
The ‘old bill’ was, in Victorian times, a bill presumed to be presented by the police for a bribe to persuade them to turn a blind eye to some nefarious activity

Copper…
Like “cop”, and probably from the same origin. A copper is someone who cops someone, or grabs him.

Beak…
“The term ‘beak’ has been used to signify a judge or magistrate for several centuries, but there are several theories as to why this might be.
One is that the term comes from an Old English word, beag, meaning a necklace worn as a badge of office.
It is also thought that the word might have evolved from harman beck, which from the mid-16th to the early 19th century meant a constable, beadle or parish officer.”

Hope this helps toby.

All found via Google ! :smiley:

:wink:

Weve all got internet access jimboy, my original post was meant as an ironic statement that toby1234567654abcdefgh or whatever his username is, has also got access to Google and could have just looked up for himself if he could have been bothered. :smiley:

Just to continue this theme, we all know that Bobbies came from the founder of the modern police force, Sir Robert Peel, and were sometimes known as Peelers.

But did you know that although a Lancashire lad, he served in Tamworth and bred livestock. His policemen soon came to be known after them, hence the name Pigs. He had been an MP in Ireland for a while and he bred pigs, he crossed them with a new litter in Tamworth to come up with Tamworth Pigs.

Robby the Bobby is the mascot at Bury FC and Sir Robert Peel was twice British prime minister :stuck_out_tongue:

Hence the term of the “filth” for coppers.

toowise:
Copper…
Like “cop”, and probably from the same origin. A copper is someone who cops someone, or grabs him.

Wrong. “Copper” or “Cop” is from the copper badge they used to wear. Fuzz, Filth, Pigs, Rozzers I don’t know.

“Dibble” is from the cartoon ‘Topcat’

Quack for a doctor,is that links with voodoo and killing ducks?