paddy wagonEnglishOxford New American Dictionarypaddy wagon /ˈpadē ˈwaɡən, ˈpædi ˈwæɡən / ▸ noun North American informal a police van. – ORIGIN 1930s : paddy from Paddy, perhaps because formerly many American police officers were of Irish descent.
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