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bubble wrap, n. orig. U.S.
Brit. |ˈbʌbl rap|, U.S. |ˈbəbl ˌræp|
[‹ bubble n. + wrap n. Originally a U.S. trade name.]
A plastic packaging material in sheets containing numerous small air cushions designed to protect fragile goods. Also fig.
1971Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 26 Oct. tm201/1 Bubble Wrap... For cellular cushioning packaging material which contains entrapped bubbles of air or other gases... First use October 1968. 1983People (U.S.) 20 Feb. 73 What pleased Sean most at his last birthday party wasn't the 10-foot-high TV screen his mom bought him, but the sheets of snappy bubble wrap the gift was packed in. 1989B. A. Mason Love Life 61 Mom stuffing bubble wrap in her bra for her hostess job. 1993A. Dacyczyn Tightwad Gaz. iii. 98/2 When you pack your gifts inside the box use crumpled newspaper or bubble wrap. 2001New Yorker 16 Apr. 78/2 Vermeer fans..might regard the show as nothing but a few jewels packed in tedious scholarly bubble wrap. |