meter maid

A municipal employee, especially a woman, who issues tickets for parking violations.

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meter maid

informal a female traffic warden

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

me′ter maid`

a woman who is a member of a police or traffic department that issues parking tickets.

[1955–60, Amer.]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

meter maid - policewoman who is assigned to write parking tickets

police matron, policewoman - a woman policeman

Translations

meter maid

n (inf) → Politesse f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

meter maid

n (Brit) (old) (fam) → vigilessa

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To those that know her, Mary Shannon is a glorified meter maid, but her real job is much more dangerous.

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"Lovely Rita, meter maid" is the beginning of a famous Beatles song.

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SHANGHAI, Shawwal 17, 1432, Sep 15, 2011, SPA -- A man determined to escape paying a parking fee in downtown Shanghai ran over and killed a meter maid in the latest in a spate of road rage incidents in China, according to AP.

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It was more like the bland smile I muster when people who mistake me for the Manners Meter Maid whose joy it is to pounce rudely on the unwary, announcing that they had better watch themselves in front of me.

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* In January, for example, a Eugene, Oregon, man named Ben Bond fed money into expired parking meters for strangers as a meter maid began writing parking tickets.

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Sydney, Aug 27 (ANI): After Microsoft's tactic to hire "meter maids" to titillate attendees of its TechEd conference on the Gold Coast backfired, the chief meter maid has come forward to accuse the company of telling fibs about the girls' attire.

Chief 'meter maid' accuses Microsoft of telling fibs over promotional stunt

"They were busy recording Lovely Rita Meter Maid and wanted to get it finished.

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