grey ghost
nounEtymology * (parking inspector): Reputedly a reference to the grey uniforms once worn, the term remaining even though the uniforms have changed.
1
Australia A parking inspector, a person issuing tickets fining vehicles parked illegally or for too long.
Melbourne; Sydney; Melbourne; Sydney
- 1998 July 18, Sydney Morning Herald, Grey ghosts turn a blind eye. The council's chairman, Mr Harold Scruby, is demanding an inquiry into the grey ghost "culture" after a survey raised concerns about the threat to pedestrians of vehicles which stop illegally on crossings and no-standing or no-stopping zones.
2
Australia The bonefish species (Albula argentea, syn. Albula neoguinaica).
- Synonyms
- brown bomber