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plain brown wrapper

plain brown wrapper noun: an obscuring cover or wrapper, originally to allow postal delivery of sexually explicit periodicals.

Noun

plain brown wrapper (plural plain brown wrappers)

  1. An obscuring cover or wrapper, originally to allow postal delivery of sexually explicit periodicals.
  2. (broadly) Any veil, disguise, or mask.
  3. (broadly) An act of dissimulation, camouflage; a cover-up.
  4. (slang, CB radio) An unmarked police car.
    Synonyms:
    plain wrapper

Synonyms of plain brown wrapper

Forms of plain brown wrapper

pluralplain brown wrappers

Questions about plain brown wrapper

What does plain brown wrapper mean?
Plain brown wrapper means an obscuring cover or wrapper, originally to allow postal delivery of sexually explicit periodicals.
What part of speech is plain brown wrapper?
Plain brown wrapper is a noun.
What is the plural of plain brown wrapper?
The plural of plain brown wrapper is plain brown wrappers.

Words near plain brown wrapper in the dictionary

  1. plain ball
  2. plain bearing
  3. plain bearings
  4. plain bread
  5. plain breads
  6. plain brown wrapper
  7. plain brown wrappers
  8. plain chocolate
  9. plain chocolates
  10. plain clothes
  11. plain cook

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