Slang for Jobs

  • brickie – noun. builder
  • chippy – noun. carpenter
  • dibble – noun. policeman
  • dick – noun. detective
  • fed – noun. FBI agent
  • flat-foot – noun. policemen, specifically one in a uniform
  • fuzz – noun. police
  • garbo – noun. garbage collector
  • gumshoe – noun. detective
  • leather-neck – noun. soldier
  • lollipop man/woman – noun. road crossing officer
  • Old Bill – noun. the police
  • plod – noun. the police
  • postie – noun. postman/woman
  • rozzer – noun. policeman
  • sawbones – noun. surgeon
  • screw – noun. prison warder
  • sky pilot – noun. priest or vicar
  • spark – noun. electrician
  • spook – noun. spy
  • squaddie – noun. a private in the army
  • Tommy – noun. a private in the British army
  • woodentop – noun. policeman