Meanings
nounraw lobster (plural raw lobsters)
plural raw lobsters
- obsoleteslangSynonym of unboiled lobster (“police officer”).
[…] comic writers […] have never failed to make capital out of the New Police, Peel's Raw-Lobsters, Peelers, Blue Bottles, &c., &c.
1878, Charles Hindley, The life and times of James Catnach, page 206Synonyms: unboiled lobster
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of unboiled lobster (“police officer”).
Similar
Also see
Cite this entry
APA
raw lobster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raw%20lobster
MLA
“raw lobster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raw%20lobster. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raw lobster,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raw%20lobster.
Source: raw lobster on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.