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prowl car en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio

Meanings

(US, dated, slang) A police patrol car.
- I said: ‘Let the prowl car pass up the hill. They'll think we moved over when we heard the siren.’ 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 106:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
prowl cars	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Synonyms

radio car · cruiser

Translations (2)

fi piiska-auto (dated terms for police patrol car) · fi piiska (dated terms for police patrol car)