Bow Street runner

British  

/ bəʊ /

noun

1. (in Britain from 1749 to 1829) an officer at Bow Street magistrates' court, London, whose duty was to pursue and arrest criminals

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Bow Street runner

The Bow Street runner, however, said never a word, but proceeded with his interminable breakfast.

From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life by Payn, James

Could it be the Bow Street runner, or Screw?

From A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie

Nothing is impossible to a man who has served twenty years' apprenticeship as a Bow Street runner.

From Run to Earth A Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

"It will certainly not be worth my while," returned the Bow Street runner curtly.

From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life by Payn, James

Such a man was Andrew Larkspur, late Bow Street runner, now hanger-on of the new detective police.

From Run to Earth A Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)