flatfoots
- plural of flatfoot.
Example Sentences
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Like road-company Kenneth Starrs, inspectors general and their flatfoots roam through the private lives of public officials.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Red wins—," and the rest was lost in the quick buzz of excitement, for at Bradfield's hundred dollar flatfoots were rare.
From Loaded Dice by Clark, Ellery H.
It would be amusing to watch those flatfoots sitting around trying to sift a motive out of the thing.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
One of the town flatfoots came down and stared in, chewing gum methodically.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
Well, they bursts, and out comes the flatfoots, opens the gates, and lets the Royal Artillery in; and then every man fills his sack with silver, and gold, and precious stones, after a leetle scrimmaging.
From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry
