Keystone Kop

[kop] /kɒp/

noun

Usually, Keystone Kops. (in early silent movies) a team of comic policemen noted for their slapstick routines.

Also, Keystone Cop. a person noted for bungling inefficiency:

a backfield of Keystone Kops.

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St. Cyr at the moment looked like a Keystone Kop after the chase sequence, and knew it.

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