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Noun: black Maria
  1. Van used by police to transport prisoners
    - police van, police wagon, paddy wagon [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], patrol wagon [US, Austral, NZ], wagon
Noun: Black Maria  blak mu'ree-u
  1. A form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
    - hearts

Derived forms: black Marias, Black Marias

Type of: long whist, short whist, van, whist

Encyclopedia: Black Maria

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