noun General Slang

Plain wrapper

· noun · trucker

An unmarked police car.

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An unmarked cop car — no decals, no light bar, just a regular sedan with a radar gun and a hidden agenda. The metaphor: it's the same product in a plain wrapper instead of a branded one. Often paired with a colour: 'blue plain wrapper.'

“Heads up, white plain wrapper sitting in the median at mile 88.”
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Plain wrapper In A Sentence

Heads up, white plain wrapper sitting in the median at mile 88.

Origin & Usage

1970s American CB-radio trucker slang. Borrowed from the era's 'plain brown wrapper' euphemism for discreetly-packaged mail-order goods.

Variants plain brown wrapper
Tags #trucker#cb-radio#police#unmarked

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