- a variation of Mountie.
Mounty
Americannoun
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Mounties
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"A lot of people were embarrassed to say they were from Mounty growing up. I never was though, I wore it on my sleeve," J Emz tells me.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024
According to screenshots shared by the station, both Robertson and Fracker seemed to react to a Facebook post by a woman who shared their selfie and identified them both as Rocky Mounty police officers.
From Fox News ● Jan. 11, 2021
Families and school groups placed flowers and notes on the steps of a downtown police station, where one person placed a portrait of a solemn Mounty atop a horse.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2014
"Oh, it was a plan, as far as Mounty and Lord Robert and I are concerned," explained Lady Mountstuart.
From The Powers and Maxine by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill
The city’s mayor of 22 years, Malcolm Brodie, competed with residents for control of the room, and tensions escalated to screaming matches in the hallway, where Mounties intervened.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
The bar for excellence at Mount SAC is set high, but once White put on his pads and began practicing with the Mounties during preseason camp, Jastrab realized what he had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
Duheme formally took over as 25th head of Canada's national police force, popularly known as the Mounties, from Brenda Lucki.
From Reuters ● May 26, 2023
At a state dinner that year in Biden’s honor, he gave a toast noting that his first wife’s family was from Toronto and said his sons grew up wanting to be Mounties.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
Her message reached the Mounties at a critical moment.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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