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noun

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

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Origin of meter maid

An Americanism dating back to 1955–60

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How to use meter maid in a sentence

The concentration of PM2.5, the smallest particulate matter, is at 153 micrograms per cubic meter.
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Her father and stepmother both beat her, and she was forced to become a maid in her own house.
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You can only see from above about a meter below the surface.
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The government of Colombia decided to loan the 28,000 square meter fixer-upper to a fraternity of hermetic Benedictine monks.
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No wonder that of all the Bradys, it is the quintessential old maid who we miss the most.
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Finding him awake, he sat by his side and, with the earnestness of a nursery-maid, patted him off to slumber.
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Why, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might wash the sour krout off his hands.
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A trim maid then brought in the tea equipage, and Georgie did the honours with her usual unaffected grace.
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When I am an old maid I am going to mount the platform and preach the training of the voice in childhood.
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And Mrs. Haggard, after attempting to soothe the wounded feelings of her maid, directed her to accompany them.
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British Dictionary definitions for meter maid

meter maid

noun

informal a female traffic warden

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meter maid

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