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English

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.

Synonyms

Noun

Singular grey ghost

Plural grey ghosts

grey ghost (plural grey ghosts)

  1. (Australian, or Melbourne and Sydney at least) A parking inspector, ie. person issuing tickets fining vehicles parked illegally or for too long.
    1998: Grey ghosts turn a blind eye — Sydney Morning Herald headline 18 July 1998 [1]
  2. (Australian) 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.)

 

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