Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Bread-and-cheese constable
subs. phr. (old).—See quot.
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c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. BREAD AND CHEESE CONSTABLES, that trats their Neighbors and Friends at their coming into office with such mean Food only.
