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policeman's helmet

British  

noun

  1. a Himalayan balsaminaceous plant, Impatiens glandulifera, with large purplish-pink flowers, introduced into Britain

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A policeman’s helmet, and several items marking his association with blindness charities.

From The Guardian Oct. 12, 2014

Another clown in a striped T shirt and psychedelic wig paused from time to time to give lawnmowers, car windshields, even a motorcycle policeman's helmet a few flicks with his bright red feather duster.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the corner of Sackville Street, I saw a policeman's helmet looming high above the crowd, and I went to him and asked the way, while our porter waited in the background.

From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

The umbrellas of the parents, who were waiting for them outside, were all white; the policeman’s helmet was white; all our satchels were white in a few moments.

From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

There was a little crowd gathering behind her and a policeman's helmet in the centre of it.

From The Slave of Silence by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)

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