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brown bombers

brown bombers is the plural of brown bomber.

Meaning of brown bomber

Noun (1)

brown bomber (plural brown bombers)

  1. (Australia, slang) A parking officer, employed to issue parking tickets (i.e. fines) to vehicles parked illegally or for longer than the permitted time.
    • There is another kind called 'brown bombers'. They are very interested in parked cars. They put chalk marks on tyres and leave little notes, in envelopes, under windscreen wipers.1971, John O'Grady, Dealing with Cops, from Aussie Etiket. Quoted in Aussie Humour, Macmillan, 1988, →ISBN, page 200.
    Synonyms:
    grey ghost

Noun (2)

brown bomber (plural brown bombers)

  1. An American cocktail containing peanut liqueur.

Noun (3)

brown bomber (plural brown bombers)

  1. (US, dated, slang) A laxative.

Questions about brown bombers

What is brown bombers the plural of?
Brown bombers is the plural of brown bomber.

Words near brown bombers in the dictionary

  1. Brown Betty teapots
  2. brown bill
  3. brown bills
  4. brown bits
  5. brown bomber
  6. brown bombers
  7. brown boobook
  8. brown boobooks
  9. brown booby
  10. Brown Book
  11. Brown Books

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