meat wagon

American  

noun

Slang.

1. an ambulance.

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Etymology

Origin of meat wagon

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Subway has announced meatless meatballs, Carl’s Jr. and sister company Hardee’s have gotten on the meatless meat wagon, Dunkin’ introduced its Beyond Sausage breakfast sandwich and Burger King expanded the reach of its Impossible Whopper to all franchises.

From Washington Post

Counts said Thomas called a dispatcher to request a “meat wagon and police.”

From Seattle Times

Fans wearing the new neon-yellow expo badges hung out in a Wolfenstein-themed diner, posed for Instagram pictures on top of a Shadow of War-themed dragon, and lined up for burgers at a Far Cry 5 food truck named the Meat Wagon.

From The Verge

True, they were carted away from Candlestick Park in what appeared to be a meat wagon, sickened by life on the road, and thirsting for the haven of the studio.

From The New Yorker

If he had declined it would have spoken volumes about how he, as a front-runner rendering the other candidates as mutts chasing the meat wagon, in his gut measures his chances in Iowa and New Hampshire.

From Washington Times