(SPIT.tur)
n.
A machine that dispenses time-stamped tickets in a parking lot. — adj.
Example Citation:
Literally thousands of old and not-so-old items will be auctioned off starting at 10 a.m., everything from a Rudd water heater to 4,300 blue arena seats still bolted to the floor and parking lot ticket spitters to a Pratt Reed spinet piano.
— John Makeig, "Everything in the Coliseum must go," The Houston Chronicle, August 1, 1997
Earliest Citation:
Upon pulling into one of the garage's two street entrances, the driver receives a "spitter" ticket from a machine and the parking gate opens, according to Jack Finnerty, CitiPark International senior vice president and general manager.
— David M. Kinchen, "At CitiCorp Plaza parking structure, automated equipment relieves blockage," Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1985
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New words. 2013.