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Meaning of Schneider egg | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An orange traffic barrel or cone, used to mark construction zones or hazards on the road.

slang

Examples

“In the morning I find the Schneider National truck, not shiny and covered in lights like Kenny’s, but ugly and bright orange, like construction site cones, which is why truckers call the cones Schneider eggs.”
“They’d just passed through a bunch of ‘Schneider eggs’ and parked ‘flag waver taxis’ when Brock’s CB came to life again ...”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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