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Definition of Drive-in
1. Noun. Any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles.
Definition of Drive-in
1. Adjective. (US of an establishment) Providing service to patrons who remain in their automobiles. ¹
2. Noun. (US Australia) An outdoor cinema where movies are projected onto a large screen and patrons watch from inside their vehicles, listening either by a speaker or a designated radio frequency. ¹
3. Noun. (American English) A drive-through restaurant where patrons remain in their vehicles and order food and beverages via a speaker phone; their meal is delivered to their vehicle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drive-in
Literary usage of Drive-in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"Every afternoon they went out for a drive in her carriage; and, on one occasion,
as they were passing along the Place de la Bourse, she took the idea into ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Devine' brigade of cavalry was directed to cross the Shenandoah, work around the
base of the Massanutten range, and drive in the cavalry which covered his ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1903)
"... at all events, that these were the only logs embraced in the contract which
were in the river in time for the plaintiff's drive in the spring of 1886. ..."
4. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"CHAPTER XIX A DRIVE IN SUNLIGHT AND A DRIVE IN MOONLIGHT THE fatal time to come
for her was in the Summer of that year. Emma had written her a letter of ..."
5. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"... THE FRANCO-AMERICAN DRIVE IN THE CHAM- PAGNE-MEUSE-ARGONNE SECTOR September
26, 1918—October 10, 1918 SIX days after the one hundred and twenty-sixth ..."
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