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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Flic

(French). A policeman or sergeant de ville. “Une allusion à l'épée des sergents de ville, ou plutót aux flèches des archers primitifs” (Raille). Hence “flic-flacs,” thumps and thwacks.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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