单词 | meter maid |
释义 | > as lemmasmeter maid meter maid n. originally U.S. a female traffic warden. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > person who controls traffic > traffic warden > women meter maid1957 1957 Times (Seattle) 12 Sept. 38 The City Council today authorized the Police Department to hire ten ‘meter maids’, uniformed women who will patrol the streets and write tickets for overparking. 1968 Harper's Mag. Feb. 41 A Meter Maid was soon watching me censoriously. 1970 Sunday Times 3 May 28/7 Why do meter maids..never look glamorous at all? 1988 Sun (Brisbane) 28 July 13/6 Britain's pert, uniformed meter maids are being upstaged by the dreaded Denver Boot. < as lemmas |
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