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motor pool

noun

a standby fleet of motor vehicles available for temporary use by appropriate personnel, as at a military or governmental installation.

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Every wheel in the District motor pool was on the highway from the airport, shuttling in the wedding-party.

Sometimes at night we would have an alert drill and drive all the vehicles from the motor pool into the pine woods.

At 1:00 A.M., the tower exploded and the motor pool gate fused into an impassible puddle of blue-hot molten metal.

Orsino saw him stride through a gate into a lot marked Bupers Motor Pool.

Ferguson turned into the walk leading to the motor pool and Martin swung into step beside him.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

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