parkie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Walking into the inner-city Brisbane suburb of West End one morning, I witnessed a group of Aboriginal “parkies” being moved on from a corner of the main road."
- "The health service was a sanctuary for Aboriginal people, especially the “parkies” – a young Roach among them – who were living on the nearby streets, many having gravitated to inner-city Melbourne to try to trace their families after years spent on reserves and missions."
- "Some people with Parkinson’s embrace being called a ‘Parkie’, while others hate the term."
Etymology
From park + -ie.
Usage
- Slang
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- Colloquial
- British usage
- Informal