paddy wagon
Example Sentences
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“You don’t want to come in right away loading people into the paddy wagon … You have to balance these two interests as closely as you can.”
From Washington Post • May 10, 2022
One day, “just as I was being put in the paddy wagon, I saw all the reporters around her,” Burwell recalled.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2021
“In the paddy wagon, I told everyone the number for the Colorado Freedom Fund. I said, ‘Hey guys, repeat this number until you get to a phone.’”
From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2020
The Associated Press reported that Fonda was taken away in a paddy wagon.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2019
A police officer grabs Dr. King by the seat of his trousers and leads him to a paddy wagon during a demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
