Meter Maid (Noun)
Meaning
Policewoman who is assigned to write parking tickets.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The meter maid wrote a parking ticket and stuck it under the windshield wiper of the parked car.
- As a meter maid, she spent her days patrolling the streets to issue parking citations to drivers who broke the rules.
- Patrol Officer Johnson started her career as a meter maid before being promoted to a full-time police officer.
- A stern expression on her face, the meter maid approached the parked vehicle with a notebook and pen in hand.
- Many students at the local university referred to the strict meter maid who patrolled the campus parking lots as the "parking Nazi".