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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Flic (French).
 
A policeman or sergeant de ville.Une allusion à l’épée des sergents de ville, ou plutôt aux flèches des archers primitifs” (Raille). Hence “flic-flacs,” thumps and thwacks.   1
 


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