grey ghost

Etymology

 * Reputedly a reference to the grey uniforms once worn, the term remaining even though the uniforms have changed.

Noun

 * 1)  A parking inspector, a person issuing tickets fining vehicles parked illegally or for too long.
 * 2) * 1998 July 18, ', Grey ghosts' turn a blind eye''.
 * The council's chairman, Mr Harold Scruby, is demanding an inquiry into the grey ghost "culture" after a survey raised concerns about the threat to pedestrians of vehicles which stop illegally on crossings and no-standing or no-stopping zones.
 * 1)  The bonefish species (, syn. ).