brown bomber

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Refers to the colour of parking inspector uniforms worn for several decades in Sydney, Australia and other major cities.

brown bomber (plural brown bombers)

1. (Australia, slang) A parking officer, employed to issue parking tickets (i.e. fines) to vehicles parked illegally or for longer than the permitted time.
   • 1971, John O'Grady, Dealing with Cops, from Aussie Etiket. Quoted in Aussie Humour, Macmillan, 1988, →ISBN, page 200.

     There is another kind called 'brown bombers'. They are very interested in parked cars. They put chalk marks on tyres and leave little notes, in envelopes, under windscreen wipers.

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brown bomber (plural brown bombers)

1. An American cocktail containing peanut liqueur.

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brown bomber (plural brown bombers)

1. (US military slang, dated) A laxative.