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panda car

noun

a police cruiser

• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain

• Hypernyms: ↑cruiser, ↑police cruiser, ↑patrol car, ↑police car, ↑prowl car, ↑squad car

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noun

Usage: sometimes capitalized P

Etymology: so called from its black and white coloration

Britain : a police patrol car

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Brit.

a small patrol car used by the police.

[1965-70; from its panda-like coloration]

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panda car noun

A police patrol car (formerly white with black or blue markings)

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Main Entry: ↑panda

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panda car UK US noun [countable] [singular panda car plural panda cars] british informal old-fashioned

a small police car used in local areas

Thesaurus: types of car_hypernym police uniforms, vehicles and equipment_hyponym

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panda car,

British. a prowl car.

╂[< panda (because of the black and white color of the cars)]

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noun, pl ⋯ cars [count]

Brit informal : a small police car

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ˈpanda car [panda car] noun (old-fashioned, BrE, informal)

a small police car

Useful english dictionary. 2012.