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lay-by
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lay-by
1. Nautical an anchorage in a narrow waterway, away from the channel
2. a small railway siding where rolling stock may be stored or parked
3. Austral and NZ a system of payment whereby a buyer pays a deposit on an article, which is reserved for him until he has paid the full price

lay-by [′lā‚bī]
(mining engineering)
Siding in single-track underground tramming road.


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I pulled into a rest stop and noticed a bad odor and smoke coming from my trailer brakes--they apparently had locked up.
Bawl your eyes out to the tune of "Written at a Rest Stop," punch a pillow to the beat of "Heroes Die," and have another cry to "Call My Name.
Basketball of Ohio who just started his senior season at Huntington High in West Virginia, will follow through on his faxed agreement to make the University of Southern California his next rest stop for the fall of 2007.
 
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