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fillup en · NOUN

Etymology

From fill + up.

Meanings

1. An act or process of filling up; a replenishment.
   • We had slyly ordered a few gallons of punch to be brought down to the office, to give a fillup to the worthy workmen at the close of their labors... 1866, John Wilson, Noctes Ambrosianæ:
   • The disadvantage of slow fillups is somewhat offset by the cost, the equivalent of $1.20 to $1.40 a gallon, Mr. Carr said. 2007 February 18, Jim Motavalli, “A Self-Serve Station, in Your Garage”, in New York Times:
2. Filler material.
   • […] various vocal techniques of presentation and delivery as well as how to ad-lib assorted information from programme parades as "fill-ups" at programme junctions. 1988, Combroad, numbers 78-85, page 49:

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