lay-by

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  1. A sluggish place in a river, or still water artificially inclosed, in which barges can be laid by when out of commission.
  2. Something laid by or saved, especially money. N. E. D.

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  • The car goes off, leaving her car still in the lay-by. —  Strip Jack
  • 'I think Mrs Jack was murdered in that lay-by, inside her car or outside it. —  Strip Jack
  • 'A walk along the front at Eyemouth ... a stop in a lay-by just north of Berwick ... there was another car in the lay-by, a rep or something, but he seemed more interested in his maps than he did in me ... —  Strip Jack
  • At that lay-by, what was she hanging around there for? ' —  Strip Jack
  • He played out the scene time after time in his head - Jack arriving at the lay-by, and arguing with Elizabeth. —  Strip Jack
 

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