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stopover

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stop⋅o⋅ver

  [stop-oh-ver]
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–noun
1. a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.
2. such a stop made with the privilege of proceeding later on the ticket originally issued.
Origin:
1860–65; n. use of v. phrase stop over
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stop·o·ver   (stŏp'ō'vər)   
n.  

  1. An interruption in the course of a journey for stopping or visiting at a certain place.

  2. A place visited briefly in the course of a journey.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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