Black Maria
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /blæk məˈɹaɪə/
Black Maria
- (slang) A police van for transporting prisoners.
- 1867, Tony Pastor, “The Upper and Lower Ten Thousand” in Tony Pastor’s Book of Six Hundred Comic Songs and Speeches:
- The Upper Ten Thousand have plenty of cash—
At the Central Park, on the “Drive,” cut a dash;
They have their light wagons, fast horses beside;
In the free “Black Maria” the Lower Ten ride.
- The Upper Ten Thousand have plenty of cash—
- 1867, Tony Pastor, “The Upper and Lower Ten Thousand” in Tony Pastor’s Book of Six Hundred Comic Songs and Speeches:
- German: grüne Minna
- Russian: тюре́мная каре́та
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