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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 carhypernym police uniforms, vehicles and equipmenthyponym

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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.