Parkie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A parkkeeper; an employee of a public park. slang
  2. 2
    A person with Parkinson's disease. informal
  3. 3
    An Aboriginal who sleeps rough in parks. Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial

    "Walking into the inner-city Brisbane suburb of West End one morning, I witnessed a group of Aboriginal “parkies” being moved on from a corner of the main road."

  4. 4
    A parking or traffic warden. Ireland, UK, slang
  5. 5
    A person with Parkinson's disease. slang

    "Some people with Parkinson’s embrace being called a ‘Parkie’, while others hate the term."

Example

More examples

"Walking into the inner-city Brisbane suburb of West End one morning, I witnessed a group of Aboriginal “parkies” being moved on from a corner of the main road."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From park + -ie.

Etymology 2

From Park(inson's) + -ie.

Related phrases

sleep roughtraffic warden

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