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单词 sarbut
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sarbut

English

Noun

sarbut (plural sarbuts)

  1. (Britain, regional) A police informer.
    • 1973, Roger Busby, Pattern of Violence (page 20)
      If a sarbut suddenly went bent, then it was only to be expected. He walked across to a desk set beside the doorway of the crime squad office, leafed through the pages of the duty book and absently wrote in Shakespeare's name and rank []
    • 2014, Judith Cutler, Power Games
      Rowley nodded. 'Put it on paper, Kate. But don't call him an informant. It's sarbut up here. And I tell you, though I hate to admit it, we don't often get women managing sarbuts.'
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