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meter maid

noun

  1. a female member of a police or traffic department responsible for issuing tickets for parking violations.


meter maid

noun

  1. informal.
    a female traffic warden
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of meter maid1

An Americanism dating back to 1955–60
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He describes his job as being a meter maid.

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“We think it’s cute. They turned all the cops into meter maids,” he said as he filled his engine with oil.

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“People get out of your way because you’re driving a meter maid car,” she said.

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Immediately as the second installment begins we are introduced to Justine Case, the younger version of Carmello’s character, who has been taken off meter maid duty to investigate the murder.

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Business might be ground to a halt, but it takes more than a pandemic to stop the meter maid, apparently.

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