PADDY WAGON


Meaning of PADDY WAGON in English

noun

( informal , NAmE ) = patrol wagon

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WORD ORIGIN

1930s: paddy from Paddy , perhaps because formerly many American police officers were of Irish descent.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.