- (the) Sweeney
- Noun. A specialist section of the London Metropolitan Police called the Flying Squad, a branch of the CID. Rhyming slang on Sweeney Todd, meaning Flying Squad.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
(the) Sweeney
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