paddy wagon

See also: paddywagon

English

Alternative forms

• paddywagon

Etymology

Supposedly from the term Paddy (a nickname for an Irishman).

Noun

paddy wagon (plural paddy wagons)

1. A police van for transporting prisoners.

Synonyms

• Black Maria
• cattle car

Translations

a police van for transporting prisoners

• Danish: salatfad n
• Finnish: mustamaija (fi)
• French: panier à salade (fr) m
• German: Grüne Minna (de) f
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• Italian: cellulare (it) m
• Norwegian: marja m
• Portuguese: camburão (pt) m
• Russian: воронок (ru) m (voronok), чёрный во́рон (čórnyj vóron), автоза́к (ru) m (avtozák)
• Serbo-Croatian: crna marica f (slang)
• Swedish: polisbuss c, piketbuss c, fångtransport c

See also

• Wikipedia article on paddy wagon