paddy wagon
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈpaddy ˌwagon noun [countable] American English informalSCP a police vehicle used to carry prisoners 囚车
Examples from the Corpus
paddy 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”ˈpaddy ˌwagon nounChineseSyllable
carry Corpus a vehicle to used police prisoners
paddy wagon
Black Ma‧ri‧a /ˌblæk məˈraɪə/ 
British English ‖ police wagon, or paddy wagon American English noun informal
a vehicle used by the police to carry prisoners
ˈpaddy ˌwagon noun [countable]
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British English ‖ police wagon, or paddy wagon American English noun informala vehicle used by the police to carry prisoners
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noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Perhaps from Paddy 'Irish person, (Irish) policeman' (18-21 centuries), from the male name Paddy, from Irish Gaelic Padraig 'Patrick'
American English informal a police vehicle used to carry prisoners
Origin: Perhaps from Paddy 'Irish person, (Irish) policeman' (18-21 centuries), from the male name Paddy, from Irish Gaelic Padraig 'Patrick'