subs. (common).—1.  A policeman. For synonyms, see BEAK and COPPER.

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  1881.  New York Slang Dictionary, ‘On the Trail.’ I must amputate like a go-away, or the FROGS will nail me.

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  1886.  Graphic, 30 Jan., p. 130, col. 1. A policeman is also called … a ‘FROG,’ the last-named because he is supposed to jump, as it were, suddenly upon guilty parties.

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  2.  (common).—A Frenchman. Also FROGGY and FROG-EATER. [Formerly a Parisian; the shield of whose city bore three toads, while the quaggy state of the streets gave point to a jest common at Versailles before 1791: Qu’en disent les grenouilles? i.e., What do the FROGS (the people of Paris) say?]

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  1883.  Referee, 15 July, p. 7, col. 3.

        While Ned from Boulogne says ‘Oui mon brave,’
The FROGGIES must answer for Tamatave.’

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  3.  (popular).—A foot. For synonyms, see CREEPERS.

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  TO FROG ON, verb. phr. (American).—To get on; to prosper FROGGING-ON = success.

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