traffic warden

noun

British
: someone whose job is to check for cars that are parked illegally

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Less than a month after it was installed, a gas line connected to the red and green lights exploded, badly burning the traffic warden operating the signal. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024 When it was installed four years later outside of the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany, a traffic warden gave it a parking ticket. Joshua Glass, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023

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“Traffic warden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20warden. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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