Slang for Jobs

  • chippy – carpenter
  • dibble – policeman
  • dick – detective
  • fed – FBI agent
  • flat-foot – policemen, specifically one in a uniform
  • fuzz – police
  • gumshoe – detective
  • leather-neck – soldier
  • Old Bill – the police
  • plod – the police
  • rozzer – policeman
  • sawbones – surgeon
  • screw – prison warder
  • spark – electrician
  • spook – spy
  • squaddie – army private
  • Tommy – British private soldier
  • woodentop – policeman