"nosy-parker" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: nosy-parkers [present, singular, third-person], nosy-parkering [participle, present], nosy-parkered [participle, past], nosy-parkered [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} nosy-parker (third-person singular simple present nosy-parkers, present participle nosy-parkering, simple past and past participle nosy-parkered)
  1. Alternative spelling of nosey parker Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nosey parker
    Sense id: en-nosy-parker-en-verb-R9lBhhGm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2017, Martin R. Jackson, The Blade: Ben McVeigh & the Templar Poignard, page 326:",
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