nosy-parker

English

Verb

nosy-parker (third-person singular simple present nosy-parkers, present participle nosy-parkering, simple past and past participle nosy-parkered)

1. Alternative spelling of nosey parker
   • 1936, Robert Alfred John Walling, The Corpse with the Dirty Face, page 89:

     Just that: he didn't like being nosy-parkered.

   • 1973, Robert Simpson, April's there, page 107:

     Quietly and determinedly she questioned me about me, probing, wheedling and just plain nosy-parkering.

   • 2017, Martin R. Jackson, The Blade: Ben McVeigh & the Templar Poignard, page 326:

     When that Inspector Thornhill came to nosy-parker and offer us a lift, I pretended I'd slipped and twisted my knee, can you remember?