raw lobster
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Meaning · English
Synonym of unboiled lobster (“police officer”).
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
[…] comic writers […] have never failed to make capital out of the New Police, Peel's Raw-Lobsters, Peelers, Blue Bottles, &c., &c.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “raw lobster” mean?
Synonym of unboiled lobster (“police officer”).
Is “raw lobster” formal or informal?
raw lobster is generally slang.