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meat-wagons

meat-wagons is the plural of meat-wagon.

Meaning of meat-wagon

Noun

meat-wagon (plural meat-wagons)

  1. A wagon for transporting meat.
    • They are not even meat-wagons. They are open trucks, specially fitted up with a roof and sides and seats and windows and lamps.1916, New Zealand Parliament. House of Representatives, Australia Parliament House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, page 250
  2. An ambulance.
    • “Flag your diapers over here to the Vocapex studio and bring along a meat-wagon. I'll be waiting for you on Stage Three. Yolande Adaire just got herself opened like a book.”2014, Robert Leslie Bellem, Dan Turner Hollywood Detective, →ISBN
  3. A police vehicle for transporting prisoners.
    • Sergeant Spola eased himself up from the back seat of his police meat-wagon.2013, Mario Reading, The Antichrist Trilogy, →ISBN
  4. A vehicle for transporting the dead.
    • The professor took pity on him. “Of course, of course. I have no further use for the remains. Inspector?” “Nah, get him out of here.” The meat-wagon boys got busy, and Benedetti went on.2012, William L. DeAndrea, The Hog Murders, →ISBN

Questions about meat-wagons

What is meat-wagons the plural of?
Meat-wagons is the plural of meat-wagon.

Words near meat-wagons in the dictionary

  1. meat-safe cot
  2. meat-safe cots
  3. meat-safes
  4. meat-space
  5. meat-wagon
  6. meat-wagons
  7. meatal
  8. meatarian
  9. meatarians
  10. meatatarian
  11. meatatarians

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