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depot 1. a storehouse or warehouse 2. Chiefly Brit a building used for the storage and servicing of buses or railway engines 3. US and Canadian a. a bus or railway station b. (as modifier): a depot manager 4. (of a drug or drug dose) designed for gradual release from the site of an injection so as to act over a long period depot [′dep·ō] (ordnance) An establishment for storing supplies or for maintaining equipment. The installation for this establishment. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Some ragged little boys from the depot sold pop and iced lemonade under a white umbrella at the corner, and made faces at the spruce youngsters who came to dance. On the way to the depot he saw nothing of those who saluted him. He got his depot to-day, and he isn't sure but he thinks he wants another parkscape and a view on the Hudson. |
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