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wrap noun- a small paper-wrapping containing powdered drugs UK
- I stayed up all the night before, boshed two wraps, had a line [of cocaine] before going in. — Macfarlane, Macfarlane and Robson, The User, pp. 91–92,, 1996
- Eight years for selling some wraps in a pub. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 6, 1998
- She wants a wrap, on credit. Can you sort it? — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says..., p. 8, 2000
- a wrapped roll of coins US, 1977
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 253, 1987
- the end of a session US
Originally from the entertainment industry, extended to general situations. - — Dan Jenkins, Semi-Tough, p. 55, 1972
- praise; a compliment or commendation AUSTRALIA, 1939
Variants include “wrap-up”, “rap” and “rap-up”. - It gets my goat when I see the newspapers giving the coppers the big wrap-up. — George Blaikie, Remember Smith’s Weekly?, p. 218, 1950
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 97, 1977
- Mr Ahearn thought so, saying in several interviews that Darby was the greatest rider he had seen. That was a tremendous “wrap” as Mr Ahearn saw dozens of very good riders in his lifetime. — Roy Higgins and Tom Prior, The Jockey Who Laughed, p. 18, 1982
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