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car guard

car guard noun: a person who watches over parked cars on the street and helps drivers to find parking places in exchange for money, usually informally.

Noun

car guard (plural car guards)

  1. A person who watches over parked cars on the street and helps drivers to find parking places in exchange for money, usually informally.
    • Whether you see them as a necessity or a nuisance, car guards form part of the major informal economy on a national scale in South Africa.2016 February 1, “How much money car guards really make in South Africa”, in BusinessTech
    • Mtuse is one of about 50 car guards across the town who are part of the Abakhuseli Skills for Life project which was officially launched in Makhanda earlier this year. The project trains and assists car guards.2022 October 4, Lucas Nowicki, “Changing the way a town views its car guards”, in GroundUp

Forms of car guard

pluralcar guards

Questions about car guard

What does car guard mean?
Car guard means a person who watches over parked cars on the street and helps drivers to find parking places in exchange for money, usually informally.
What part of speech is car guard?
Car guard is a noun.
What is the plural of car guard?
The plural of car guard is car guards.

Words near car guard in the dictionary

  1. car fridges
  2. car gate
  3. car gates
  4. car glass
  5. car glasses
  6. car guard
  7. car guards
  8. car hire
  9. car hires
  10. car hop
  11. car hops

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