| 单词 | paddy wagon |
| 释义 | paddy wagon From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishPolicepaddy wagonˈpaddy ˌwagon noun [countable]American English informalSCP a police vehicle used to carry prisonersExamples from the Corpuspaddy wagon• It had been an honest mistake, though, the paddy wagon men believing he was dead or dying.Origin paddy wagon (1800-1900) Perhaps from Paddy “Irish person, (Irish) policeman” ((18-21 centuries)), from the male name Paddy, from Irish Gaelic Padraig “Patrick” |
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