Black Maria

English

Unknown, though such vans were traditionally painted black. First attested in the 1830s.

Black Maria (plural Black Marias)

a police van for transporting prisoners

Norwegian: svartemarje (no) c
Russian: тюре́мная каре́та f (tjurémnaja karéta), вороно́к (ru) m (voronók), чёрный во́рон m (čórnyj vóron), чёрная Мару́ся f (čórnaja Marúsja)

“Black Maria” in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004, →ISBN.

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