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Meaning of meter maid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A female meter attendant: a female public servant tasked with enforcing the use of parking meters.
A meter attendant of either gender.
derogatory

Examples

“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”

“She worked as a meter maid. Almost like a song: Lovely Jenny, meter maid.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

meter stamp meter stick meter-kilogram-second meter-kilogramme-second meter-ton-second meter-tonne-second