Green’s Dictionary of Slang

parky adj.

chilly.

1898		Binstead & Wells Pink ’Un and Pelican 273: ‘Morning, William; cold s’morning?’ [...] ‘It is a bit parky.’.
1904		Sydney Sportsman (Surry Hills, NSW) 27 Jan. 8/5: ’pen up, Mossy, old man [...] it’s parky ’ere’.
1905		H. Green Actors’ Boarding House (1906) 277: I’m feeling a bit parky to-day meself.
1916		Firefly 9 Dec. 1: B-u-rr! It was parky!
a.1918		S. Mayo [perf. Marie Lloyd] If You Want to Get On in Review 🎵 The night may be ‘parky’ when a nice young man in Khaki / Says, ‘Come in my Lotus for a mile or two’.
1929		K.S. Prichard Coonardoo 166: It’s parky just now.
1947		N. Streatfeild Grass in Piccadilly 151: Bit parky.
1968		S. Gore Holy Smoke 58: ‘Gettin’ pretty parky,’ said Saltbush Bill, huddled in an old army greatcoat.
1976		P. Theroux Family Arsenal 161: It’s parky.
1985		S. Berkoff West in Decadence and Other Plays (1985) 101: Their chat was shrill with ‘Hallo Dot and how’s your chest’ and ‘Innit parky’.
1999		K. Sampson Powder 483: Bit fucken parky for the beach, innit?
2009		J. Joso Soothing Music for Stray Cats 48: It was still only February, so you might still expect it to be parky.