Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Charleys

or Charlies. The old night watch, before the police force was organised in 1829. So called from Charles I., in whose reign the system was re-organised. (1640.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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