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plain white wrapper
[plain white wrapper]
{n.}
,
{slang}
,
{citizen's band radio jargon}
Unmarked police car.
/There's a plain white wrapper at your rear door!/
See: BROWN PAPER BAG.
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates
© 2010
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