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In some senses, parkie is marked as slang, informal, colloquial, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
parkie
noun 5
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2VERB + PARKIE
called
PARKIE + NOUN
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noun
1
A parkkeeper; an employee of a public park.
2
An Aboriginal who sleeps rough in parks.
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.
The health service was a sanctuary for Aboriginal people, especially the “parkies” – a young Roach among them – who were living on the nearby streets, many having gravitated to inner-city Melbourne to try to trace their families after years spent on reserves and missions.
3
A parking or traffic warden.
4
A person with Parkinson's disease.
Some people with Parkinson’s embrace being called a ‘Parkie’, while others hate the term.
noun
1
A person with Parkinson's disease.
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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.
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The health service was a sanctuary for Aboriginal people, especially the “parkies” – a young Roach among them – who were living on the nearby streets, many having gravitated to inner-city Melbourne to
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Some people with Parkinson’s embrace being called a ‘Parkie’, while others hate the term.
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