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Black Maria

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Black Ma⋅ri⋅a

[muh-rahy-uh] .
–noun
patrol wagon.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism
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Black Ma·ri·a   (mə-rī'ə)   
n.  A patrol wagon.

[Origin unknown.]
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