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ˈpull-in
[f. phr. to pull in: see pull v. 26.]
1. The action of pulling anything in or towards one. Also attrib. or as adj.
1906Westm. Gaz. 20 July 4/2 Then there is the pull-in [of the fish], the flash of the brilliant bit of rainbow leaping its life out on the deck. 1976Offshore Engineer July 21/1 A flowline pull-in tool has been developed..to meet this problem. 1977Ibid. Apr. 27/2 The port has a step-down diameter which provides a positive stop during pipe pull-in.
2. a. A café or refreshment stand in a lay-by. Also pull-in café.
1938G. Greene Brighton Rock iii. iii. 128 He didn't speak to her in the bus... The country unwound the other way: Mazawattee tea, antique dealers, pull-ins. Ibid. v. ii. 195 A window of Charlie's Pull-in Café. 1959Listener 8 Oct. 593/3 At the pull-in where most of the play was enacted the café owners sometimes struck a slightly false note. 1973J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 18 A blue and white sign warned five miles to the next service area... ‘They'll be at the next pull-in.’
b. An entry, recess, or the like where a motor vehicle may pull in; a lay-by.
1954E. Hyams Stories & Cream 163 A sprawling public-house..in front of which was a vast pull-in for motor-coaches. 1972M. Gilbert Body of Girl iv. 43 The site had not been designed as a garage, and..the pull⁓in in front was not as deep as it should have been. 1976Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 3 Nov. (Advt.), Required. Workshop,..shop, suitable for antiques restoring. Main road. Good pull-in. |