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Meaning of Black Maria | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
blæk məˈɹaɪə

Definitions

A police van for transporting prisoners.

slang

Equivalents

Examples

The Upper Ten Thousand have plenty of cash— At the Central Park, on theDrive,” cut a dash; They have their light wagons, fast horses beside; In the freeBlack Mariathe Lower Ten ride.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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