nosy parker
1Nosy Parker — [pär′kər] n. [ NOSY + proper name Parker: reason for use uncert.] [also n p , n P ] Informal a nosy person; busybody …
2nosy parker — (UK) A nosy parker is someone who is excessively interested in other people s lives. ( Nosey parker is an alternative spelling.) …
3nosy parker — ► NOUN ▪ an overly inquisitive person. ORIGIN from a 1907 picture postcard caption, ‘The adventures of Nosey Parker’, referring to a peeping Tom in Hyde Park …
4nosy parker — n BrE informal someone who is too interested in finding out about other people s affairs used to show disapproval …
5Nosy Parker — /noh zee pahr keuhr/, Informal. a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody. Also, Nosey Parker. [1905 10] * * * ˌnosy ˈparker noun (BrE, informal …
6nosy parker — UK [ˌnəʊzɪ ˈpɑː(r)kə(r)] / US [ˌnoʊzɪ ˈpɑrkər] noun [countable] Word forms nosy parker : singular nosy parker plural nosy parkers informal a nosy person …
7nosy parker — [“nozi “parka* ] n. a nosy person. (Also a term of address.) □ Mary can be such a nosy parker. □ Look, you nosy parker, mind your own business …
8nosy parker — /noʊzi ˈpakə/ (say nohzee pahkuh) noun a person who continually pries; a meddler; a stickybeak. Also, nosey parker, nosy Parker, nosey Parker. {from a character Nosey Parker in picture postcards published by the London View Co. Ltd., 1907} …
9nosy parker — (UK) A nosy parker is someone who is excessively interested in other people s lives. ( Nosey parker is an alternative spelling.) (Dorking School Dictionary) …
10Nosy Parker — /noh zee pahr keuhr/, Informal. a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody. Also, Nosey Parker. [1905 10] * * * …
