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Black maria

//blæk məˈɹaɪə// noun, slang

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

    "The Upper Ten Thousand have plenty of cash— At the Central Park, on the “Drive,” cut a dash; They have their light wagons, fast horses beside; In the free “Black Maria” the Lower Ten ride."

  2. 2
    a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades wordnet
  3. 3
    van used by police to transport prisoners wordnet

Etymology

Unknown, though such vans were traditionally painted black. First attested in the 1830s.

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