meat wagon

meat wagon
a) A vehicle used for the transportation of meat, usually refrigerated and traditionally of a non-motorized type pulled by horses.

The firing of a truck load of meat and two cases of assault enlived the strike of the meat wagon drivers yesterday.

b) An ambulance.

So they had to take me from there in an ambulance. . . . I remember my dad and uncle used to call them meat wagons.


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