meat wagon

noun

, Slang.

1. an ambulance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of meat wagon¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

We thought that we might have to order the meat wagon out, said Goldie.

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He shrugged disgustedly, ordered the wicker basket from the meat wagon and had the old woman carried out.

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Back to the east, near the eastern Ohio state line, Martin could hear Car 207 calling for a wrecker and meat wagon.

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The hook and ladder company followed and a meat wagon, or rather a meat-wagon horse, galloped after.

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Followed that duffer into this trap like a pup trailing a meat wagon.

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