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Definition of Nosey-parker
1. Noun. A person who meddles in the affairs of others.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nosey-parker
Literary usage of Nosey-parker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Books in General by John Collings Squire (1921)
"There is another, not frequently mentioned in print, but continually to be heard
on Cockney lips, with the disagreeable name of " Nosey Parker. ..."
2. Why Europe Leaves Home: A True Account of the Reasons which Cause Central by Kenneth Lewis Roberts (1922)
"One of the first and most widely circulated posters which the Wet Interests got
out was a crude affair headed "Pussyfoot Nosey Parker from Across the Sea. ..."
3. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, Crusader--reformer--a Man Among Men by Frederick Arthur McKenzie (1920)
"Pussyfoot Nosey Parker from across the sea," it was headed. " Dollars for Dirty
Work in England. Shall he Pro-boss-us ? " Leaflets were issued widely, ..."
4. A Merry Banker in the Far East (and South America) by Walter H. Young (1916)
"... fathers and nondescript mothers who proudly and defiantly shake their marriage
lines in the face of any nosey-Parker who questions the legitimacy of the ..."
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