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parkie

British  
/ ˈpaːkɪ /

noun

  1. informal a park keeper

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Elderly ladies chatted to him, a parkie warned him of the rules.

From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2012

Bring them to me under your parkie so no one shall see what you have.

From A Woman who went to Alaska by Sullivan, May Kellogg

With his one good hand Ferriss drew a pipe and a handful of tea leaves wrapped in oiled paper from the breast of his deer-skin parkie.

From A Man's Woman by Norris, Frank

Cocktail and crackers soon disappeared, a good share of the latter going underneath the woman's parkie to keep for her boy when he awaked.

From The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska by Sullivan, May Kellogg

There I ran at the handle-bars for a time, but at last I threw myself upon the sled among the furs, and pulled a parkie over me.

From A Woman who went to Alaska by Sullivan, May Kellogg

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