Sunday, October 14, 2018

Namely, 4


NAMELY

EP-oh-nimz

a word based on or derived from a person's name.
First Known Use: mid-19th century

“What’s in a Name?”
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2

4: bobby: a police officer (informal, British English) (named for Sir Robert Peel, 1788–1850, who organized the London police force)

The bobby didn’t smile at me—
He needn’t smile at me, of course.
He caught me in a felony,
And though he just had joined the force,

He recognized a burglary;
He recognized the home, the spouse.
And so he didn’t smile at me,
For I was robbing his own house.



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