Meanings
noununboiled lobster (plural unboiled lobsters)
plural unboiled lobsters
- obsoleteslangA police officer.
Unfortunately, the police have got your address. I didn't tell the unboiled lobster that, though born in England, your mother was a French woman — a Saint Aubin.
1864, William Russell, Autobiography of a London Detective, page 52Synonyms: raw lobster
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA police officer.
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Origin
From the red coats they used to wear.
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unboiled lobster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unboiled%20lobster
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“unboiled lobster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unboiled%20lobster. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unboiled lobster,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unboiled%20lobster.
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