Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The leaving of a train at a station, before the destination is reached, with the privilege of resuming the journey on a subsequent train and with the original ticket; the privilege of ‘stopping off,’ or ‘over,’ in this way.
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Examples
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But my Chelsea neighbors and I knew it when, back when the store was a chronically un-chic stop-off for back-to-school corduroys and jeans.
Peter Mandel: The World's Toughest Trip? It's Trying to Go Home Peter Mandel 2011
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But my Chelsea neighbors and I knew it when, back when the store was a chronically un-chic stop-off for back-to-school corduroys and jeans.
Peter Mandel: The World's Toughest Trip? It's Trying to Go Home Peter Mandel 2011
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True, ambitious visitors could spend just a night in Luang Prabang, a stop-off on a whirlwind tour of Indochina, but they'd be missing out on so much: seeing everything, discovering nothing.
The Mekong's Last Undiscovered City Kevin Sintumuang 2011
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Tonight, it means a trip to the grocery store and maybe a stop-off at the hamburger place down the street for a huge, honking plate of fries.
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Well, with a stop-off in Denver for some Watercourse.
traveling, news, contest stuff, good books, etc. « paper fruit 2009
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Doubling up as the London stop-off for Ed Banger records' Let The Children Techno tour – in advance of the Valentine's Day release of the Flying Lotus, Zombie Nation and Skream-featuring compilation of the same name – tonight will see Cassius, DJ Mehdi and Busy P all rattling through the main room.
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The rest is documentation, stop-off points, and some contact information.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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Though Joe's Pub now more resembles an upscale cabaret for grown-ups than a stop-off for downtown college students, Ms. Thake says the booking policy will remain the same: "We have the same mission," she said.
In the Village, Bellying Up to a New Bar Jim Fusilli 2011
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Home to Stan's Cafe, the AE Harris is a terrific space and the first stop-off point for Birmingham Rep as it begins its two-year journey around the city while its own building is redeveloped.
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Tonight, it means a trip to the grocery store and maybe a stop-off at the hamburger place down the street for a huge, honking plate of fries.
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