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- noun Plural form of
lay-by .
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Examples
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When she said you could run, far as possible—into corners, caulked lay-bys where thin-blooded spiders spun webs of dismay—you took no note of her words, instead collating seventeen varieties of silken spider web into a wrist adornment.
hunting for lizards James Claffey 2012
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But the lay-bys are rare and, even then, the pavement drops off so precipitously to a narrow wedge of gravel that a car's under carriage could be damaged.
Mexico's endless Pacific beach: sun, surf, sand, seafood and solitude 2009
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But this month consumer organizations have warned that some "artisanal" produce is actually factory-made, especially when sold from makeshift stands in lay-bys.
Visiting Charm-Guaranteed French Villages Lennox Morrison 2011
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Each region, no matter how inaccessible, possesses its own "biography" of streams, pre-Christian earth mounds, coach stations and lay-bys.
Map of a Nation by Rachel Hewitt – review Ian Thomson 2010
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But the lay-bys are rare and, even then, the pavement drops off so precipitously to a narrow wedge of gravel that a car's under carriage could be damaged.
Mexico's endless Pacific beach: sun, surf, sand, seafood and solitude 2009
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All good advice which is of course completely ignored: not least because all the lay-bys and rest areas are clogged with trucks.
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HERE snack vans, often found in busy lay-bys, must now offer soup, salads or low fat yogurts with their artery-clogging kebabs.
Going for a walk- November 5th Guthrum 2008
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Some existing lay-bys on the transit route will have to be redesigned, and some new ones constructed to allow traffic to pass.
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When she got home, she checked all the lay-bys where her neighbours parked but could find no evidence of the red car.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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With no immediate sign of bailiffs at the barricaded entrance, riot police are however gethering in carparks and lay-bys around half a mile mile away
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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