"lubritorium" meaning in All languages combined

See lubritorium on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: lubritoriums [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lubritorium (plural lubritoriums)
  1. (US, Australia) A facility where vehicles can be oiled. Tags: Australia, US Related terms: lubricate

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1975, John Ritchie, Australia as once we were, page 247:",
          "text": "[…]neon-lit motels began to dot the highways; the grocer′s shop became a supermarket, the garage a lubritorium; the ‘bottle-oh’ and the ‘ice-man’ sold their yards and saw them transformed into candy-striped Chicken-Inns or pre-owned car showrooms with more pennants than at Agincourt.",
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        },
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