panda car


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panda car

n. Chiefly British
A police cruiser.
[From a similarity of color tone distribution.]
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panda car

n
Brit a police patrol car, esp a blue and white one
[C20: so called because it was originally white with black or blue markings, supposedly resembling the markings of the giant panda]
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Noun1.panda car - a police cruiserpanda car - a police cruiser      
cruiser, patrol car, police car, police cruiser, prowl car, squad car - a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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Translations
URH-kocsi

panda car

n (Brit) → (Funk)streifenwagen m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

panda car

n (Brit) → auto f della polizia → pantera
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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I've even seen a policeman in his Panda car on an estate using his mobile."
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