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Definition of paddy wagon noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

paddy wagon

noun
 
/ˈpædi wæɡən/
 
/ˈpædi wæɡən/
 (informal)
(also patrol wagon)
(North American English)
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  1. a police van for transporting prisoners inTopics Transport by car or lorryc2, Law and justicec2
    Word Origin1930s: paddy from Paddy, perhaps because formerly many American police officers were of Irish descent.
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