BLACK MARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Black Maria mean? 

• BLACK MARIA (noun)
  The noun BLACK MARIA has 2 senses:

1. van used by police to transport prisoners

2. a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

  Familiarity information: BLACK MARIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK MARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Van used by police to transport prisoners

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

black Maria; paddy wagon; patrol wagon; police van; police wagon; wagon

Hypernyms ("black Maria" is a kind of...):

van (a truck with an enclosed cargo space)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Black Maria; hearts

Hypernyms ("Black Maria" is a kind of...):

long whist; short whist; whist (a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six)