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Black Maria
[muh-rahy-uh]
Black Maria
/ əˈɪə /
noun
a police van for transporting prisoners
Word History and Origins
Origin of Black Maria1
Example Sentences
The Black Maria, also called "the Dog House," was the first movie studio ever constructed.
In 1893, inventor Thomas Edison completed work on the world’s first motion picture studio, his “Black Maria,” in West Orange, New Jersey.
I recommend “The Black Maria VIII” by Girmay, Brown’s “Duplex” that begins “I begin with love”; and “Ice Storm,” by Hayden.
‘The police come in and taken him to the jail in the Black Maria. He still locked up.’
Ferguson’s Gang, as they called themselves, were masked, anonymous activists who went by codenames such as Bill Stickers, Granny the Throttler, Black Maria and Red Biddy.
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