Meanings
plural Schneider eggs
- slangAn orange traffic barrel or cone, used to mark construction zones or hazards on the road.
They’d just passed through a bunch of ‘Schneider eggs’ and parked ‘flag waver taxis’ when Brock’s CB came to life again ...
2013, Tipton, J. A., “Chapter 6 Detour”, in Knight of the Road, page 181 more example
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.
2009, LeRoy, J.T., The Heart is Deceitful Above All ThingsSynonyms: construction barrel, drum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn orange traffic barrel or cone, used to mark construction zones or hazards on the road.
Origin
From Schneider + egg; coined in reference to American national carrier Schneider Transport, its trucks colored the same shade of orange as construction barrels.
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