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meat wagon

meat wag·on
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meet wag-uh n]
    • /mit ˈwæg ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meet wag-uh n]
    • /mit ˈwæg ən/

Definitions of meat wagon words

  • noun meat wagon an ambulance. 1
  • noun meat wagon ambulance 1
  • noun meat wagon (dated) A vehicle used for the transportation of meat, usually refrigerated and traditionally of a non-motorized type pulled by horses. 0
  • noun meat wagon (Slang) A police van for transporting prisoners; a paddy wagon. 0
  • noun meat wagon (Slang) A vehicle for transporting dead bodies; a hearse. 0

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Origin of meat wagon

First appearance:

before 1920
One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25

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Parts of speech for Meat wagon

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

meat wagon popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

meat wagon usage trend in Literature

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