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Hepburn's Hussars

Slang, Derog., Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1965 quote.

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1946

A body of police was specially organized for the occasion on military lines, "Hepburn's Hussars," as they were dubbed.

1965

Hepburn's Hussars. Popular name for police body organized by Premier Mitchell Hepburn at the time of the Ontario Automobile Workers' strike, Oshawa, 1937.