paddy wagon

Example Sentences

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“You don’t want to come in right away loading people into the paddy wagon … You have to balance these two interests as closely as you can.”

From Washington Post • May 10, 2022

“In the paddy wagon, I told everyone the number for the Colorado Freedom Fund. I said, ‘Hey guys, repeat this number until you get to a phone.’”

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2020

For a second Friday, Fonda stepped into the paddy wagon with hands bound.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2019

The Associated Press reported that Fonda was taken away in a paddy wagon.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2019

And they would throw us in, and old Bull would say, “Take 'em off” and they did; and we would just go in the paddy wagon singing, “We Shall Overcome.”

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry