lay bye
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[edit]Noun
[edit]- Alternative form of lay-by
- 1988, Dr. K, His Last Supper, page 38:
- Taking a gamble the decision was made to leave the caravan in the lay bye and use the one car to venture into town to sample some of the local hospitality.
- 2010, Nsununguli Mbo, A Crisis of the Heart, page 145:
- He stopped at a lay bye somewhere along the way for a rest and a drink.
- 2016, Howard Robinson, Haven On Tour, page 60:
- Five minutes later the coach was again passing the lay bye, just as the words “The Mayor of Bayswater he had a pretty daughter and the hair on her dickydido hung down to her knees" rang out from the back of the coach.