The peeler in the coat

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  • The Peeler and the Goat: (song) a satirical ballad by Darby Ryan; it was written in 1830 to ridicule over-officious officers of the Royal Irish Constabulary – nicknamed "Peelers" after Robert Peel, who had created the Metropolitan Police the previous year – who had "arrested" a goat for roistering in the main street of Bansha, County Tipperary, and butting an officer
  • peeler: a policeman
  • peeler: stripper, one who undresses
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