Meanings
nounmeter maid (plural meter maids)
plural meter maids · alternative meter-maid
- A female meter attendant: a female public servant tasked with enforcing the use of parking meters.
She worked as a meter maid. Almost like a song: Lovely Jenny, meter maid.
2000, Charles Baxter, chapter 3, in The Feast of Love, page 361 more example
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 book
1967, Lennon–McCartney, “Lovely Rita”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by The Beatles - derogatoryA meter attendant of either gender.
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Translations
Dutch parkeerwacht, parkeerwachter
- parkeerwachtfemale meter attendant
- parkeerwachterfemale meter attendant
Finnish parkkipirkko, lappuliisa
- parkkipirkkofemale meter attendant
- lappuliisafemale meter attendant
- pysäköinnintarkastajafemale meter attendant
German Politesse
- Politessefemale meter attendant
Swedish lapplisa
- lapplisafemale meter attendant
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APA
meter maid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meter%20maid
MLA
“meter maid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meter%20maid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meter maid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meter%20maid.
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