Wisconsin chrome

Wisconsin chrome
 n.— «He won’t be able to use the blue air baffle, but maybe he can cobble one up out of pasteboard and Wisconsin Chrome (duct tape).» —“Re: Don’t go dissin’ my 90s!” by Tony Ingenoso Usenet: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware Mar. 30, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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