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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a policeman who patrols a given region [syn: flatfoot, patrolman]
2: a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out [syn: flatfoot, splayfoot, pes planus]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural flatfeet) Date: 1860 1. a condition in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole rests upon the ground 2. a foot affected with flatfoot 3. a. or plural flatfoots slang police officer; especially a patrolman walking a regular beat b. slang sailor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -foots or -feet) sl. a policeman.

Moby Thesaurus

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