Meaning of lubritorium | Babel Free

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A facility where vehicles can be oiled.

Australia, US

Examples

“1957, United States Congress House Select Committee on Small Business, Distribution Practices in The Petroleum Industry, page 34, Thus, whether stations have or do not have inside lubritoriums, affords a ready means for a gemeral classification of gasoline outlets as to the adequacy of their facilities.”

“We estimate the size of the building and platform, not counting the outside, maneuvering and parking areas, in excess of 50,000 square feet, plus, as you have inquired, a “lubritorium” which is postal parlance for a post office garage.”

“The Lubritorium was now a basic part of the American gasoline station, with the moneymaking services it generated a welcome boost to sagging fuel sales.”

“[…]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.”

“The Norfolk & Western′s Lubritoriums were considered by many to be the ultimate development of the engine house.”

“2007, Jenny Gregory, Keys, George Eric Maxwell, entry in Diane Langmore, Darryl Bennet (editors), Australian Dictionary of Biography: Volume 17 1981-1990 A-K, page 624, His study was nicknamed ‘the lubritorium’; there he oiled the wheels and smoothed over difficult situations.”

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