I have heard it's because their badges were copper and got shortened to cop. I have no proof.
It is short for copper, but not the metal.
"To cop" means "to arrest or detain" someone. So a "copper" is someone who cops people.
You may be familiar with the phrase "that's a fair cop". Which would be an admission that the arrest is fair.
i read that it's from the archaic verb "cop" which means "to seize", so the old brits used to call them coppers, then that got shortened to cop, and it's still in use today.
I'm afraid I can't help you, but thr reason the answer is wrong is because Pig isn't a job, it's a calling.
RIP Andre Braughter the only person who could humanize a cop twice over
And only him because otherwise I don't care
means it's part of a clue. in this case it's 6 above's clue which is "Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares... and a synonym of the circled letters"
Oh ok thanks. When I did this puzzle I finished it before the vertical clues so I never saw that I guess.
No problem. If you want another tip: when a clue ends in a question mark, perhaps, or maybe it means that the answer or clue is a pun.
I play the Sunday as a group and my God. Crosswords have some of the most bullshit rules.
You can put multiple letters on a single square? Reebus. You can also have an answer that's a whole phrase instead of a word.
Why do I feel embarrassed simply watching these people be cringe for, presumably (hopefully), humor?
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