Definition of po folk
po folk
- the police or the "po-po" originated from Harlem.
Look out the are coming.
- See more words with the same meaning: police officer.
Last edited on Feb 12 2000. Submitted by Bryan from Naples, FL, USA on Feb 12 2000.
noun
- pronunciation of "poor folk". More common in the Southern United States.
Us po' folk never get 'nough to eat."
Last edited on Mar 08 2011. Submitted by TimeTravellingGeezer from Fort Collins, CO, USA on Mar 07 2011.
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Other terms relating to 'police officer': | |
| Definitions include: police | |
| Definitions include: a police officer. | |
| Definitions include: a city worker who gives tickets to illegally parked cars. | |
| Definitions include: a cop. | |
| Definitions include: 1) obvious. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: Short for Royal Canadian Mounted Police. | |
| Definitions include: police, usually in cars. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: to get. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: Police. | |
| Definitions include: to report misdeeds to authorities or authority figures; "tell on". | |
| Definitions include: a mean person; "jerk"; "asshole". | |
| Definitions include: City Police. | |
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Other terms relating to 'folk': | |
| Definitions include: Is used as a greeting. | |
| Definitions include: a friend or associate, (mainly used with males). | |
Other terms relating to 'police': | |
| Definitions include: a person who comments on the clothes of others. | |
| Definitions include: Highway Patrolman. | |
| Definitions include: See the po. | |
| Definitions include: A police officer. | |
| Definitions include: "pissed off." | |
| Definitions include: added to a standard English word or phrase, to form a phrase meaning people who are rigidly pedantic on the subject in question, and tend to correct others, e.g. "grammar police"; "poetry police". | |
| Definitions include: policeman. | |
| Definitions include: a police officer. | |
| Definitions include: Police | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviation for poor white trash | |
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