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Definition of Prowl car
1. Noun. A car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters.
Exact synonyms: Cruiser, Patrol Car, Police Car, Police Cruiser, Squad Car
Generic synonyms: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar
Specialized synonyms: Panda Car
Derivative terms: Cruise
Generic synonyms: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar
Specialized synonyms: Panda Car
Derivative terms: Cruise
Definition of Prowl car
1. Noun. (US dated slang) A police patrol car. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prowl Car
Literary usage of Prowl car
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sowboy by Richard Connelly Miller (2003)
"my garden, Tom came back in a prowl car. ... "Let me tell you, Bill, when I saw
Tom coming up the drive in a prowl car, I knew we'd been annexed." He stood. ..."
2. Auxiliary Education: The Training of Backward Children by Bruno Maennel (1909)
"The more thoroughly he and the radio police in the "prowl car" do their work,
the more effective will the work of the Bureau become. ..."
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