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from The Liverpool English Dictionary
Summary
Z-Cars (n.): police series. Z Cars (Martin 1963: title). ‘Remember the old TV series Z-Cars? That was all based in Kirkby’ (Dudgeon 2010: 312). Recorded from l.20c.; Z-Cars (1962–78) was based in ‘Newtown’ (Kirkby); it was notable both for its northern setting and its social realist depiction of modern policing.
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- The Liverpool English DictionaryA Record of the Language of Liverpool 1850–2015 on Historical Principles, pp. 251 - 252Publisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2017