Meanings
nounlubratorium (plural lubratoriums or lubratoria)
plural lubratoriums · plural lubratoria
- USdatedrareA place where cars can be serviced with lubrication.
Lubratoriums and Greasing Palaces are both for the benefit of the motorist.
1939, Hector Bolitho, Haywire: An American Travel Diary, page 261 more example
The lubratorium (a place for greasing motorcars) is marching eastward from the Pacific Coast, and with it comes the chowmeinery and the radioteria.
1935, The New Yorker (volume 11, part 2, page 33)
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