brown bomber
See also: Brown Bomber
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Etymology 1 edit
Refers to the colour of parking inspector uniforms worn for several decades in Sydney, Australia and other major cities.
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brown bomber (plural brown bombers)
- (Australia, slang) A parking officer, employed to issue parking tickets (i.e. fines) to vehicles parked illegally or for longer than the permitted time.
- 1971, John O'Grady, Dealing with Cops, from Aussie Etiket. Quoted in Aussie Humour, Macmillan, 1988, →ISBN, page 200.
- 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.
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brown bomber (plural brown bombers)
Etymology 3 edit
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brown bomber (plural brown bombers)