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bumper sticker

noun

Definition of bumper sticker

: a strip of adhesive paper or plastic bearing a printed message and designed to be stuck on a vehicle's bumper

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Billboards to bumper stickers Wacholz hasn't shied away from the publicity the billboard has attracted. Staff, USA TODAY, "Gun store owner puts up billboard mocking 'the Squad': 'The 4 Horsemen are idiots'," 31 July 2019 If someone is wearing a hat, or a bumper sticker, or if someone’s car is vandalized, that stuff did not used to happen. Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, "Kendall Qualls talks patriotism in America, Moynihan’s ‘Negro Family’ report, and Dean Phillips: The full interview," 29 July 2019 Women’s World Cup final would fit nicely on a bumper sticker, which is kind of the point. Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, "On the matter of the USWNT and equal pay, it’s complicated," 13 July 2019 Don’t worry, Clooney got his revenge, by plastering Pitt’s car with bumper stickers that Pitt would probably not have chosen. Time, "Leaping Brad Pitt Gloriously Photobombed Margot Robbie," 12 July 2019 Since then, Miller’s group has raised thousands from small, undisclosed donors and has been boosted by merchandise sales -- $13,000 from bumper stickers emblazoned with the #TimberUnity hashtag and $6,000 from t-shirts, signs and coffee. oregonlive.com, "Here’s who put $120,000 behind Oregon’s climate walkout and protests," 20 July 2019 But can the Vermont Senator's bumper sticker survive scrutiny? Regina E. Herzlinger And Bacchus Barua, WSJ, "Europe’s Alternative to Medicare for All," 16 Apr. 2019 In Iowa near the Forthrast family home, REMEMBER MOAB bumper stickers appear next to Confederate flag stickers. Peter Rubin, WIRED, "Neal Stephenson's Latest Book Dodges Its Scariest Premise," 4 June 2019 In the populous suburbs west of Washington, plenty of cars still sport bumper stickers proclaiming support for Gov. Ralph Northam, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and Attorney General Mark Herring—Democrats all. Mark Hemingway, WSJ, "How Virginia’s Top Democrats Survived a Storm of Scandal," 10 May 2019

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First Known Use of bumper sticker

1948, in the meaning defined above

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bumper sticker

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English Language Learners Definition of bumper sticker

: a strip of paper or plastic that has a printed message and that is made to be stuck on the bumper of a car, truck, etc.

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