From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
flatfoot \flat"foot'\ n. a police officer, especially a foot patrolman. [slang] [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
flat foot \flat" foot'\, flatfoot \flat"foot'\ (Med.) A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a policeman who patrols a given region [syn: {patrolman}]
2: a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out [syn: {splayfoot}, {pes planus}] [also: {flatfeet} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "flatfoot": Dogberry, John Law, beagle, bluecoat, bobby, bowlegs, bull, camelback, cleft palate, clubfoot, cop, copper, crookback, defacement, deformation, deformity, dick, disfigurement, eye, flattie, freakishness, gendarme, gumshoe, gumshoe man, harelip, hawkshaw, humpback, hunchback, knock-knee, kyphosis, lordosis, malconformation, malformation, misproportion, misshape, monstrosity, mutilation, peeler, pig, private eye, shamus, skip tracer, sleuthhound, splayfoot, spotter, swayback, talipes, tec, teratology, the cops, the fuzz, the law, torticollis, truncation, valgus, wryneck
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