Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A close carriage for conveying prisoners.
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Examples
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Too shrewd not to discern the trap that had been set for him, he endured some moments of horrible hesitation in the prison-van.
The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003
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When the door of the prison-van had been securely closed, the driver cracked his whip, and the sturdy horses started off at a brisk trot.
Monsieur Lecoq �mile Gaboriau 2003
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We were put into the prison-van for the railway station; and as soon as we were seated in the carriage there commenced a scene which baffles all description.
Six Years in the Prisons of England A Merchant - Anonymous
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"And your prison-van?" said Ganimard, evading the question.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Maurice Leblanc 1902
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As he was leaving the building, a free man, he was seized by two guards and placed in the prison-van.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Maurice Leblanc 1902
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Wearied by his fruitless task, the judge had suspended his examinations, but he resumed them after the two intercepted messages were brought to his attention; and regularly, at mid-day, Arsène Lupin was taken from the prison to the Dépôt in the prison-van with a certain number of other prisoners.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Maurice Leblanc 1902
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Another prison-van had stopped close to the one he occupied.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Maurice Leblanc 1902
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On the same day at two o'clock, having been examined for the last time, Arsène Lupin left the Dépôt in a prison-van.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Maurice Leblanc 1902
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In one of the compartments, the commissary of police would find Mon. Arsène Lupin, bound hand and foot, as docile as a lamb, packed up, all ready to be dumped into a prison-van.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Maurice Leblanc 1902
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And the public also learned an extraordinary thing which demonstrated the infinite variety of resources that Lupin possessed: the prison-van, in which he was being carried, was prepared for the occasion and substituted by his accomplices for one of the six vans which did service at the prison.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Maurice Leblanc 1902
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