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lay-bye en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of lay-by.
    alt of lay-by
    • Jennie pulled over into a lay-bye, turned off the engine and buried her head in her hands. She wept. 2014, Marit Meredith, The Loss:
    • The assassin's anonymous white van wound serenely along the coast road in the shimmering heat of a June afternoon. ere was no other trac on the road and the assassin raked the hazy distance ahead in search of the lay-bye where he was sure steve had stopped to answer the assassin's promised telephone call at exactly half-past three. 2018, Susan Widdicombe, Tales of Inner Turmoil I, page 83:
    • I can't believe he's that clever to have boarded a boat or an aeroplane without being spotted. Also we've found a Range Rover in a lay-bye outside Belfast. 2014, Michael Pekenham, Love Thine Enemy:

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