Usually means: Speed bump for traffic calming.
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  1. sleeping policeman: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  4. sleeping policeman: Collins English Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (British and Caribbean English, idiomatic) A speed bump.

Similar:
silent policeman, busy, buttons, crusher, PC Plod, slop, beat cop, Old Bill, tyre biter, fun police, more...

Opposite:
speed bump, road hump

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Similar:
silent policeman, busy, buttons, crusher, PC Plod, slop, beat cop, Old Bill, tyre biter, fun police, more...

Opposite:
speed bump, road hump



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