What does nosey-parker mean?

nosey-parker

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

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"Now, now, Mr. Gubbins, I'm here not to nosey-parker into your affairs — if you'll pardon the expression — but to help."
"Hope you don't think I nosey-parkered because I didn't."
"I'd be nosey-parkering into the half the village, if that were the case."

nosey-parkers (present, singular) nosey-parkering (participle, present) nosey-parkered (participle, past) nosey-parkered (past)

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