Slang patrol wagon
Origin of paddy wagon
probably after Paddy: see paddywhackpaddy wagon
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paddy wagon
noun
SlangA patrol wagon.
Origin of paddy wagon
Perhaps from paddy policeman from PaddyTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
Supposedly from the term Paddy (a nickname for an Irishman).
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