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One fed in the street by people with bangers? (7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parking meter

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'with bangers?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'one fed in the street by people' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'me' (a setter might use 'one' to humourously mean 'me') and 'me' is found in the answer.
'in' is within the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for parking meter that I've seen before include "A coin-operated timer found on town streets" , "warden won't let you feed it" , "Coin-in-slot timer" , "Device to prevent cars being left indefinitely on street" , "One fed by motorist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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