thin blue line

noun

Etymology

By analogy with Thin Red Line. “Blue” refers to the color of the uniforms of many police departments.

Definitions

  1. The police.

    • Crime wave overwhelms thin blue line [title]
  2. A flag or symbol representing the police, commonly associated with the blue lives matter…

    A flag or symbol representing the police, commonly associated with the blue lives matter movement.

The neighborhood

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