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Scots
Etymology
From Lothian and Borders Police + dick.
Noun
labdick (plural labdicks)
- (dialect, Edinburgh) policeman
1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 333:Begbie, realising that they are well on their way and have not been intercepted by the Lothian and Borders Constabulary, the labdicks, is more relaxed.