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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

While young he was tied upon his mother's back beneath her parkie, a stout leather belt confining the same around the woman's waist to prevent the baby from falling out.

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

The hood of the outer garment worn by Eskimos, termed a parkie, is frequently fringed about the face-opening with the long warm hair of the wolf.

From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)

The woman wore a reindeer parkie, short skirt, and muckluks, and carried a gun on her shoulder.

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

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