cruiser

[Dan Goncharoff]

Spellchecker gone wild? Or just somebody cruising during the last years of
his working life?
DanG


On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:37 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Under cruiser n., in the OED, we have,
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> > 2.b. A police-car that patrols the streets. /N. Amer./
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> It certainly extends beyond the 1929-1967 boundaries set by the three
> citations, but one thing this does not describe is the policeman who
> drives the "cruiser".
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> Today, we find in the Boston Herald article on high-paid state employees,
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> http://goo.gl/7fCsA
> > State police have 1,600 troopers who earned at least $100,000 last
> > year -- with one salaried cruiser taking home $233,583.
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> Now, "salaried cruiser" cannot possibly apply to a car. I have no idea
> how widespread this is or how old.
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>     VS-)
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