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prowl car

prowl car noun: a police patrol car.

Noun

prowl car (plural prowl cars)

  1. (US, dated, slang) A police patrol car.
    • I said: ‘Let the prowl car pass up the hill. They'll think we moved over when we heard the siren.’1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 106
    Synonyms:
    radio car, cruiser

Synonyms of prowl car

Forms of prowl car

pluralprowl cars

Questions about prowl car

What does prowl car mean?
Prowl car means a police patrol car.
What part of speech is prowl car?
Prowl car is a noun.
What is the plural of prowl car?
The plural of prowl car is prowl cars.

Words near prowl car in the dictionary

  1. prowfishes
  2. prowhaling
  3. prowhite
  4. prowhiteness
  5. prowl
  6. prowl car
  7. prowl cars
  8. prowled
  9. prowler
  10. prowlers
  11. prowlike

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