parkie

Etymology

From park + -ie.

noun

1. (slang) A parkkeeper; an employee of a public park.
2. (Australia, colloquial) An Aboriginal who sleeps rough in parks.
   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. 2018-04-09, Jack Latimore, “Indigenous people are being displaced again – by gentrification”, in The Guardian
   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. 2022-10-27, Sian Cain, “Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter to be celebrated with statue in Fitzroy”, in The Guardian
3. (Britain, slang) A parking or traffic warden.
4. (slang) A person with Parkinson's disease.
   Some people with Parkinson’s embrace being called a ‘Parkie’, while others hate the term. 2021-08-26, “What do you think of the term ‘Parkie’?”, in Parkinson's Forums