nosey-parker

Now, short of some nosey-parker peering in, I was safe.

The Vatican Rip Gash, Jonathan 1981

Even more significant and shameful, Kahn argued, were the 'so-called master race theories' of the pigmentocrats, who would expose every marriage to the hazard that some nosey-parker might reveal a skeleton in the ancestral cupboard.

Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 25 Ray Esther 1969

"Well, I must say it's been a real change for me not having that nosey-parker of a fat boy sticking his nose into my business all the time he's home for the holidays, " said Mr. Goon.

The Mystery of the Strange Bundle Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

"He said he'd had a nice peaceful time without that nosey-parker of a fat boy interfering all the time, " she said.

The Mystery of the Strange Bundle Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

“The rest ain’t, least of all the con founded nosey-parker Stanley — you know him, the Chicago wallah.

Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

They'll know damn 'well that it was no nosey-parker local prowling about the ship " local lads in search of a bit of fun don't go aboard anchored ships in the first place.

When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966