panda car

English
WOTD – 23 August 2023

Etymology
A 1967 Ford Anglia panda car in the United Kingdom.

From the original black and white colouring of the automobiles, like that of a giant panda.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpændə ˈkɑː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpændə ˈkɑɹ/
  • Audio (GA)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: pan‧da car

Noun

panda car (plural panda cars)

  1. (British, law enforcement, informal) A police car; specifically (historical), one with a broad white stripe painted around its middle on a darker-coloured or, originally, black background.
    Synonym: panda

Hypernyms

Translations
police car — see police car

References
  1. Compare “panda car” under “panda, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
  2. “panda car, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary; from Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary, 6th edition, Boston, Mass.: Heinle Cengage Learning; Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, →ISBN.

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