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Black Maria

[muh-rahy-uh] / məˈraɪ ə /
NOUN
police van
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The Black Maria, also called "the Dog House," was the first movie studio ever constructed.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2022

Ferguson’s Gang, as they called themselves, were masked, anonymous activists who went by codenames such as Bill Stickers, Granny the Throttler, Black Maria and Red Biddy.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2019

So let’s start where the novel does, winter ’53, with one of the feared Black Maria trucks arriving in darkness to arrest Solomon Levinson, an actor from the defunct State Jewish Theater.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2016

Instead of documenting the world, Edison created his own, bringing subjects to his Black Maria studio in northern New Jersey.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2010

The idea of Mrs. Wells being dragged shrieking down Fifth Avenue or being carted away from her house in a Black Maria filled him with dismay.

From By Advice of Counsel by Train, Arthur Cheney




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