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Definition of Paddy wagon
1. Noun. Van used by police to transport prisoners.
Definition of Paddy wagon
1. Noun. A police van for transporting prisoners. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paddy Wagon
Literary usage of Paddy wagon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina by Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Helsinki Watch, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S., Ivana Nizich (1993)
"They most frequently arrived in a paddy wagon, although some arrived in buses.
... If new arrivals came in a bus or paddy wagon, the prisoners on the runway ..."
2. Ring Around the Rosie . . . ! by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"She was telling the officer she'd move the vehicle when the paddy wagon pulled up.
The officer tackled her and threw her in the van. ..."
3. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence: A Manual for Reporters by Grant Milnor Hyde (1916)
"After watching until she saw the robber taken away in the paddy-wagon, the doughty
young woman disappeared. Her name is unknown. « VI A burglar dressed in a ..."
4. Toronto by Jennifer McMorran, Alain Rondeau (2002)
"... samples at a crime scene, fingerprinting, famous crimes, old uniforms, a police
cruiser and an old-fashioned paddy-wagon will make super-sleuths out of ..."
5. Surviving Twilightby Shane A. Bernskoetter by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"The driver of the car bomb had rammed his explosives laden paddy wagon into the
back of a Bradley and hit the kill switch. When they listed the grid ..."
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