NICKNAMES FOR CERTAIN PROFESSIONS

A psychiatrist → A shrink

An author → A scribbler

An electrician → A sparky

A police officer → A cop

An office worker → A pen-pusher

A carpenter → A chippy

A dancer → A hoofer

An air steward → A trolley dolly

A doctor → A quack

A boxer → A pug

A sailor → A tar

A journalist → A hack

A pharmacist → A pill-pusher

A detective → A gumshoe

An artist → A dauber

A judge → A wig

An actor → A luvvie

A prison officer → A screw

A taxi driver → A cabbie

A doorman → A bouncer

A scientist → A boffin

A bus conductor → A clippie

A soldier → A squaddie

A magistrate → A beak