lay-by

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Scores of officers from the Bedfordshire and Herts Major Crime Unit and Leicestershire Police chased up leads after March 22 when Mr Howe's left leg was found in a lay-by on the A507 in Cottered, Herts.

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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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  • I could easily imagine him hunkering in a many a lay-by consuming pork pies in anticipation, just as we did. —  Mania News Feed
  • It's AU399 but you can get it on lay-by which is paying in installments and you only get the item once you've made all the payments and they gave me 10 weeks to pay it all up. —  Little Cozy Corner
  • The road you're aiming for is clearly marked at the junction as the L1031 which you follow for 200m or so until you come to a lay-by, marked by boulders and a redundant pole. —  Irish Blogs
  • Unbelievably, people are actually travelling some distance now to see the action and it will surely only be a matter of time before Gloucestershire County Council see an opportunity and start charging for use of the lay-by on the main road opposite the airfield, or close it down for "health and safety" reasons. —  Grandprix.com Current News
  • Still, after what has been an interminably long winter of doom and gloom, life is about to return to normal as the F1 season is soon to kick off and Kemble will once again fall quiet and the gypsies will get their lay-by back. —  Grandprix.com Current News
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