boy in blue
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boy in blue (plural boys in blue)
- (UK, US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A policeman.
- (UK, air force slang, dated) A member of the air force.
- Synonym: blue job
- 2006, David W. Clark, Joe's Letters, page 38:
- Air force personnel used to distinguish airmen (blue jobs or boys in blue) from army personnel (brown jobs or boys in brown).