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meter maids

meter maids is the plural of meter maid.

Meaning of meter maid

Noun

meter maid (plural meter maids)

  1. A female meter attendant: a female public servant tasked with enforcing the use of parking meters.
    • Lovely Rita meter maid / Nothing can come between us / When it gets dark I tow your heart away / Standing by a parking meter / When I caught a glimpse of Rita / Filling in a ticket in her little white book1967, Lennon–McCartney, “Lovely Rita”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by The Beatles
  2. (derogatory) A meter attendant of either gender.

Questions about meter maids

What is meter maids the plural of?
Meter maids is the plural of meter maid.

Words near meter maids in the dictionary

  1. metepisternal
  2. meter
  3. meter attendant
  4. meter attendants
  5. meter maid
  6. meter maids
  7. meter stamp
  8. meter stamps
  9. meter stick
  10. meter sticks
  11. meter-kilogram-second

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