"meter maid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: meter maids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} meter maid (plural meter maids)
  1. A female meter attendant: a female public servant tasked with enforcing the use of parking meters.
    Sense id: en-meter_maid-en-noun-P4ChA7UG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. (derogatory) A meter attendant of either gender. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-meter_maid-en-noun-wxStDATo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grey ghost, meter attendant, parking enforcement officer, parking inspector, traffic warden, meter-maid Translations (female meter attendant): parkeerwacht (Dutch), parkeerwachter (Dutch), parkkipirkko (Finnish), lappuliisa [informal] (Finnish), pysäköinnintarkastaja [formal] (Finnish), Politesse [feminine] (German), lapplisa [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'female meter attendant': 55 45

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for meter maid meaning in All languages combined (2.9kB)

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