Black Maria

English Etymology en, though such vans were traditionally painted black. First attested in the 1830s. Pronunciation en /blæk məˈɹaɪə/ en En-au-Black Maria.ogg AU en aɪə 4 Noun Black Maria en slang A police van for transporting prisoners. en 1867 w:Tony Pastor Tony Pastor’s Book of Six Hundred Comic Songs and Speeches The Upper and Lower Ten Thousand 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. en w:Paul Simonon w:The Guns of Brixton w:The Clash 1979 You know it means no mercy / They caught him with a gun / No need for the Black Maria / Goodbye to the Brixton sun Synonyms en paddy wagon Related terms en black and white Translations a police van for transporting prisoners Danish: da salatfad n Finnish: fi mustamaija, fi maija German: de grüne Minna f dated Macedonian: mk марица f Norwegian: no svartemarje c Polish: pl radiowóz m, pl suka f Russian: ru тюре́мная каре́та f, ru вороно́к m, ru чёрный во́рон m, ru чёрная Мару́ся f Swedish: sv Svarta Maja c See also en Thesaurus:police vehicle References nll6poq n en eponyms en Law enforcement