noddy bike

noddy bike
n
British
a Velocette motorcycle, as used by police patrolmen until the end of the 1960s. The ungainly, inelegant motorbikes were derided by professional police motorcy-clists, motorbike enthusiasts, rockers, etc. Noddy is a nickname applied to low-ranking police officers, reinforced by identification with the children's story-book character created by Enid Blyton.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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