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noun
- (Australia, or Melbourne and Sydney at least) A parking inspector, ie. person issuing tickets fine, fining vehicles parked illegally or for too long.
- 1998: Grey ghosts turn a blind eye — w:Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Morning Herald headline 18 July 1998 http://www.walk.com.au/pedestriancouncil/Page.asp?PageID=432
- The fish Albula neoguinaico, also called a bonefish. (Reference: Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6.)
Etymology: The parking inspector sense is reputed to be a reference to grey uniforms originally worn by them, the term has remained even when those uniforms have changed.
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