squadroln.
/ˈskwɒdrəʊl/ U.S. slang.
A small police van.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > van > police van
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squadrol1961
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1965 J. McCormick Bravo ii. 44 I sat between them in the front seat of the squadrol, stone faced, my arms crossed, as we drove off under the thin pealing of noontime bells from Loyalty Chapel.
1972 B. Garfield Line of Succession (1974) i. 38 The Plymouth..was a block ahead when the squadrol, its red and blue lights flashing, came in sight on a collision course.
1976 Telegraph (Brisbane) 21 Dec. 36/5 No one got excited when the small van, called a ‘squadrol’, pulled up in front of the Starr Hotel at 617 West Madison.
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