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Definition of Black Maria

1. Noun. Van used by police to transport prisoners.

2. Noun. A form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades.

Definition of Black Maria

1. Noun. (slang) A police van for transporting prisoners. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Maria

Black Forest Black Forest gâteau Black Forest gâteaus Black Forest gâteaux Black Friday Black Fridays Black Hand Black Hawk Black Hills Black Hole of Calcutta

Black Isle Black Jack Pershing Black Law Black Laws Black Legend Black Maria (current term) Black Marias Black Monk Black Muslim Black Muslims

Black Panther Black Panthers Black Plague Black Prince Black Russia Black Russian Black Russians Black Sea Black September Black September Movement

Literary usage of Black Maria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1871)
"Black Maria, by Eclipse, the subject of this memoir; sold at 12 yrs. old for |4000. 1827—Missed to Eclipse. 1828—Ch. f. Screamer, by Henry ; sold at 17 ..."

2. A Holiday in Gaol by Frederic Martyn (1911)
"CHAPTER IX Black Maria AGAIN ON the day when I was due to appear again at the police-court I was taken over to the reception ward just after the bell rang ..."

3. Lands of the Slave and the Free: Or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Henry Anthony Murray (1855)
"Black Maria' is a vessel so unique in every respect, that the most detailed description of her cannot but be most interesting to all yachting men ; and so ..."

4. The Seven Curses of London by James Greenwood (1869)
"A True Picture of the London Thief. — A Fancy Sketch of the " Under-Ground Cellar." — In Disguise at a Thieves' Raffle. — The Puzzle of "Black Maria. ..."

5. The American Thoroughbred by Charles E. Trevathan (1905)
"Rather than pay that, the Colonel started Brilliant and had the dissatisfaction of seeing him finish second to Black Maria in both heats. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"When Lord Carrington and his attendant noblemen arrived in Melbourne on a visit lately, Black Maria, the prison van, was drawn up by the station, ..."

7. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1871)
"Black Maria, by Eclipse, the subject of this memoir; sold at 12 yrs. old for |4000. 1827—Missed to Eclipse. 1828—Ch. f. Screamer, by Henry ; sold at 17 ..."

8. A Holiday in Gaol by Frederic Martyn (1911)
"CHAPTER IX Black Maria AGAIN ON the day when I was due to appear again at the police-court I was taken over to the reception ward just after the bell rang ..."

9. Lands of the Slave and the Free: Or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Henry Anthony Murray (1855)
"Black Maria' is a vessel so unique in every respect, that the most detailed description of her cannot but be most interesting to all yachting men ; and so ..."

10. The Seven Curses of London by James Greenwood (1869)
"A True Picture of the London Thief. — A Fancy Sketch of the " Under-Ground Cellar." — In Disguise at a Thieves' Raffle. — The Puzzle of "Black Maria. ..."

11. The American Thoroughbred by Charles E. Trevathan (1905)
"Rather than pay that, the Colonel started Brilliant and had the dissatisfaction of seeing him finish second to Black Maria in both heats. ..."

12. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"When Lord Carrington and his attendant noblemen arrived in Melbourne on a visit lately, Black Maria, the prison van, was drawn up by the station, ..."

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