paddy wagon
noun/ˈpædi wæɡən/
/ˈpædi wæɡən/
(informal) (also patrol wagon)
(North American English)- a police van for transporting prisoners inTopics Transport by car or lorryc2, Law and justicec2Word Origin1930s: paddy from Paddy, perhaps because formerly many American police officers were of Irish descent.
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