radio car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of radio car
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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“Just wanted the radio car brought around if you were coming because I’m lazy. Lol,” he wrote in a text message cited in the report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025
“I always park exactly where I parked the radio car that night,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2018
The veteran broadcaster co-hosted the Today programme live from a radio car It's five o'clock in the morning and John Humphrys is striding purposefully past Glastonbury's Pyramid stage.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2013
“An officer still working a radio car after 20 years is a rare phenomenon,” said William J. Bratton, a former New York police commissioner.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2011
Sergeant Alvin AronofF and Patrolman Louis Angelos happened to be cruising by in their radio car when they heard shots.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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