ha! sir steemonkey a certain age like you are? so they don't still use it, it's probably seen as racist nowadays.
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ha! sir steemonkey a certain age like you are? so they don't still use it, it's probably seen as racist nowadays.
From Wikipedea
The term copper was the original, unshortened word, originally used in Britain to mean "someone who captures". In British English, the term cop is recorded (Shorter Oxford Dictionary) in the sense of 'to capture' from 1704, derived from the Latin capere via the Old French caper.
We still use it. Often shortened to 'cops'. As kids we would play 'cops and robbers'.
ahh yes very good sir steemonkey! yes we used to play cops and robbers here too and we still use the term cops today. very good, thank you!