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Bow-street Runners
Detectives who scoured the country to find criminals, before
the introduction of the police force. Bow Street, near Covent Garden,
London, is where the principal police-court stands. (This bow
rhymes with flow.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Bow-street Runners from Infoplease:
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