| 单词 | brown bomber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrown bomber brown bomber n. [introduced in 1946 as jobs were created for disabled war veterans; the brown uniforms were worn until 1975] Australian slang in New South Wales, an officer employed to enforce parking regulations (see quot. 1953); a traffic warden or ‘parking cop’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > person who controls traffic > traffic warden parking attendant1927 traffic warden1928 brown bomber1953 parking warden1966 1953 Sydney Morning Herald 3 Jan. 6/2 The year produced many slang words. Some of them were inherited from previous years but acquired wide usage in the past 12 months... ‘Brown bombers', Sydney parking police, probably derived from the colour of their uniforms and influenced by the use of ‘bomb’ for an old car. 1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird vi. 61 Next day a brown bomber—a parking cop—gave me a fright. 1983 Austral. Women's Weekly Aug. 20/3 Parking inspectors in Victoria are Grey Ghosts, as they may be in NSW, though some people still call them Brown Bombers. < as lemmas |
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