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prowl cars

prowl cars is the plural of prowl car.

Meaning of prowl 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

Questions about prowl cars

What is prowl cars the plural of?
Prowl cars is the plural of prowl car.

Words near prowl cars in the dictionary

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

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