lubratorium
English
Noun
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)