Definitions
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- noun UK A
paved area at the side of ahighway designated fordrivers to stop in, foremergency parking, or wherevehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities like foodvendors or publictelephones . - noun UK A
railroad siding ; a second, short railroad track just to the side of a railroad track, connected with the main track by a switch and used forunloading ,bypassing , etc. - noun nautical A widened section of a narrow
river orcanal , formed to one side so as to leave the channel free, formooring of vessels, where vessels canlay over or allow others topass . - noun Australia, New Zealand, South Africa A method of
retail purchase in which the selectedgoods are set aside and the customer pays for them ininstalments , receiving them when fully paid;layaway .
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Examples
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A turn-out or lay-by would be good; but not only is there no such safe haven, there isn't even a shoulder to rely on.
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And so it was that my teenage son, Rufus, and I pulled into a lay-by on the A3 early one Sunday morning.
Car review: Nissan 370Z Martin Love 2010
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I and the scene of crime van were parked nearby in a lay-by outside a fast food shop as it was a busy main road.
Locally Elected Police Chiefs, Yeah? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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A turn-out or lay-by would be good; but not only is there no such safe haven, there isn't even a shoulder to rely on.
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A turn-out or lay-by would be good; but not only is there no such safe haven, there isn't even a shoulder to rely on.
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Watching, say, Jacques Kallis trying to hit every ball for six, it was as though Mr D'Arcy had given up smouldering silently across the tea table and instead decided just to get his nipples pierced and go out dogging in a motorway lay-by.
IPL4 is the ideal accompaniment to the parochial intrigue of ECC112 | Barney Ronay 2011
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He could avoid adding to prison overcrowding by quietly serving his sentence in a lay-by.
Shannon Matthews « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Luckily, there was a lay-by coming up for Eva to skid into.
Winter Bloom Tara Heavey 2010
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Shelley indicated and began slowing down as they approached a lay-by.
It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010
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"There was an unmarked police car in a lay-by, and within seconds of me stopping, police appeared from it, ran up the road and shot at my tyres and smashed the window in."
Police in Dorset arrest EDL member accused over suspected bomb plot 2010
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