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.
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. 2005