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traffic warden

British  

noun

  1. a person who is appointed to supervise road traffic and report traffic offences

"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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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

The pair moved to London at the start of the 1980s, where Frankie worked as a traffic warden by day and a drag queen by night.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 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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