meter maid
Example Sentences
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“When a meter maid car is out overnight, it’s people’s time to vent their frustrations,” Mr. Bennett said.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2021
Ponch has sleuthing to do and doesn’t have time to play meter maid to all of Southern California.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2017
“Compared to a meter maid, where you’re being spat on all the time? I am not swinging a hammer.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2016
Probably not entirely, although there will likely be less need for the meter maid armies and Super Troopers that towns and states currently employ.
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2016
He feared anyone in uniform: the meter maid giving out parking tickets, a museum guard approaching to tell him not to get too close to his favorite Goya.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
