"plain brown wrapper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plain brown wrappers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plain brown wrapper (plural plain brown wrappers)
  1. An obscuring cover or wrapper, originally to allow postal delivery of sexually explicit periodicals.
    Sense id: en-plain_brown_wrapper-en-noun-W0lKJZhp
  2. (by extension) Any veil, disguise, or mask. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-plain_brown_wrapper-en-noun-zzBfFERW
  3. (by extension) An act of dissimulation, camouflage; a cover-up. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-plain_brown_wrapper-en-noun-sPeWo85H
  4. (CB radio, slang) An unmarked police car. Tags: slang Synonyms: plain wrapper
    Sense id: en-plain_brown_wrapper-en-noun-Mj62MWlk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 15 3 66

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for plain brown wrapper meaning in English (1.6kB)

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