lubratorium
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[edit]Noun
[edit]lubratorium (plural lubratoriums or lubratoria)
- (US, dated, rare) A place where cars can be serviced with lubrication.
- 1935, The New Yorker (volume 11, part 2, page 33)
- The lubratorium (a place for greasing motorcars) is marching eastward from the Pacific Coast, and with it comes the chowmeinery and the radioteria.
- 1939, Hector Bolitho, Haywire: An American Travel Diary, page 26:
- Lubratoriums and Greasing Palaces are both for the benefit of the motorist.
- 1935, The New Yorker (volume 11, part 2, page 33)