boydem

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6

Definition of boydem

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, plural, plural-only)the police.
    “2011, Chyna, How I Escaped a Girl Gang: Rolling in a London Girl Gang, Hachette UK →ISBN I had the role of lookout, scouting for boydem while Candice forced open the door by slipping a knife into the actual lock itself, or smashing the window in, her hoodie wrapped round her fist.”
    “Used to scream and shout and threaten to call the boydem when I showed my face.”
    “'Why d'you think the boydem showed up when they did, huh?' Tilly snapped.”

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Etymology

From Caribbean pidgin, equivalent to boy + them.

Anagrams of boydem

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