traffic warden
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It’s why he spends much of the film in uniform, as a traffic warden, as a member of a barbershop quartet, and later as the new member of Ray’s biker gang.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Westminster Magistrates Court heard that Mr San Diego was stopped by a traffic warden an hour before the blast in Pleasanton.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Husin is a “Pak Ogah,” a type of volunteer traffic warden found across Indonesia.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
After walking for close to 12 hours, they made it to a school’s basketball-court-turned-shelter, where they were able to rest, thanks to a traffic warden who offered to drive them there.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2022
“My first thought was that he would get in trouble for having the crane parked there. I thought a traffic warden would come,” she said.
From The New Yorker ● May 5, 2019
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