nosey parker

== English == === Alternative forms === nosy parker, nosey-parker, nosy-parker (also capitalized) === Etymology === Unknown, 1890. === Noun === nosey parker (plural nosey parkers) (UK, Ireland, colloquial) An overly inquisitive or prying person. Synonyms: buttinsky (US), stickybeak (Australia, New Zealand) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === nosey parker (third-person singular simple present nosey parkers, present participle nosey parkering, simple past and past participle nosey parkered) (slang, intransitive) To snoop; to behave in an inquisitive manner. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === Eric Partridge (2005), “Nosey Parker, Nosy Parker”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1385.