meter maid en · NOUN
Meanings
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A female meter attendant: a female public servant tasked with enforcing the use of parking meters.
Lovely Rita meter maid / Nothing can come between us / When it gets dark I tow your heart away / Standing by a parking meter / When I caught a glimpse of Rita / Filling in a ticket in her little white book
1967, Lennon–McCartney, “Lovely Rita”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by The Beatles:She worked as a meter maid. Almost like a song: Lovely Jenny, meter maid.
2000, Charles Baxter, chapter 3, in The Feast of Love, page 36:
- (derogatory) A meter attendant of either gender.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| meter maids | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| meter-maid | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
parking enforcement officer · traffic warden · parking inspector · grey ghost · meter attendant
Translations (7)
de Politesse (female meter attendant) · sv lapplisa (female meter attendant) · fi lappuliisa (female meter attendant) · fi pysäköinnintarkastaja (female meter attendant) · fi parkkipirkko (female meter attendant) · nl parkeerwachter (female meter attendant) · nl parkeerwacht (female meter attendant)