"car guard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: car guards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} car guard (plural car guards)
  1. A person who watches over parked cars on the street and helps drivers to find parking places in exchange for money, usually informally. Wikipedia link: car guard Translations (person who watches over cars): arrombacoches [derogatory, feminine, masculine] (Galician), guardiamacchina [masculine] (Italian), flanelinha [Brazil, feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), arrumador [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), moina (english: Porto) [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), franelero [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), wachiman [Costa-Rica, masculine] (Spanish), trapiche [Argentina, feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

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