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Black Mariah

Black Mariah is the alternative form of Black Maria.

Meaning of Black Maria

Noun

Black Maria (plural Black Marias)

  1. (slang) A police van for transporting prisoners.
    • The Upper Ten Thousand have plenty of cash—
      At the Central Park, on the “Drive,” cut a dash;
      They have their light wagons, fast horses beside;
      In the free “Black Maria” the Lower Ten ride.1867, Tony Pastor, “The Upper and Lower Ten Thousand”, in Tony Pastor’s Book of Six Hundred Comic Songs and Speeches
    Synonyms:
    paddy wagon

Forms of Black Mariah

pluralBlack Mariahs

Questions about Black Mariah

What is Black Mariah the alternative form of?
Black Mariah is the alternative form of Black Maria.

Words near Black Mariah in the dictionary

  1. black mangrove
  2. black mangroves
  3. black maple
  4. black maples
  5. Black Maria
  6. Black Mariah
  7. Black Mariahs
  8. Black Marias
  9. black mark
  10. black market
  11. black marketeer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Black Mariah (page history and authors); Black Maria (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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