Tijuana Taxi

Tijuana Taxi

dated slang Code for a marked police car used on citizens band (CB) radio, especially by long-haul truckers. Anyone got their ears on? Just spotted a Tijuana Taxi off the junction to I-75. A: "Watch out for Tijuana Taxis heading into Derby City." B: "10-4."
See also: taxi
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Tijuana taxi

(ˈtiəwɑnɑ ˈtæksi)
n. a police car. (Citizens band radio.) There’s a Tijuana taxi back a few cars watching you awful close.
See also: taxi
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • smokey (bear)
  • Smokey the Bear
  • get (one's) ears lowered
  • get (one's) ears set out
  • get ears set out
  • lower (one's) ears
  • lower ears
  • have (one's) ears lowered
  • haul (something) to (some place)
  • haul in
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