drive-inn.adj.
/ˈdrʌɪvɪn/, U.S. /ˈdraɪvˌɪn/ Originally U.S.
A. n.
1. An animal driven to market for sale, or transported there by motor vehicle as opposed to by railway. Now rare.
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1894 St. Joseph (Mich.) Daily Herald 14 June 6/4 There were a few drive-ins, which sold readily at prevailing prices.
1974 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 20 Mar. 2/6 Spring lambs choice and prime drive-ins 37.00.
2. A facility such as a cinema, restaurant, etc., where customers can watch a film, have a meal, etc., without leaving their cars. Cf. drive-through n.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling provisions > with a drive-up window
drive-in1931
drive-through1949
drive-up1956
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > a cinema > [noun] > types of
nickelodeon1888
home theatre1914
screening room1918
art house1925
indie1928
drive-in1931
ozoner1948
bughouse1952
hardtop1955
cinematheque1965
multi1970
skin house1970
stroke house1971
multiscreen1974
1931 San Antonio (Texas) Express 6 July 15/2 (advt.) Classy hamburger drive-in, unique; ideal for lady. Price $300.
1937 Amer. Speech 12 320/1 At roadside drive-ins, where one may secure curb service while sitting in his car.
1960 Daily Express 30 Aug. 7 Britain's first open-air cinema—Americans call them ‘drive-ins’—is planned for Sandown Park racecourse next year.
2015 J. Niven All Bright Places 363 In the 1960s the drive-in was one of the most popular sites around—not just a movie theater, but a kiddie park with a mini roller coaster and other rides and attractions.
B. adj.
1. Designating an animal driven to market for sale, or transported there by motor vehicle as opposed to by railway. Now rare.
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1921 D. B. Ralston Let. 20 Oct. in Amendment to Packers & Stockyards Act (U.S. Senate Comm. Agric. & Forestry) (1924) 173 There are no expenses for handling drive-in hogs at this end except a small charge of 15 cents for insurance against loss by fire while in the yards.
1929 Circular U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 86. 10 The highest percentages for the association's drive-in cattle receipts were reached in 1924.
1942 Railway Age 11 Apr. 758/2 ‘Drive-in’ hogs at 17 markets accounted for only about 2 per cent of the total receipts in 1916.
2. Designating a facility such as a cinema, restaurant, etc., where customers can watch a film, have a meal, etc., without leaving their cars. Also: designating a film shown at such a venue. Cf. drive-through adj. 1a.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > relating to shop > types of shop
high streetc1600
co-op1872
multiple1903
fixed price1907
serve-self1909
serve-yourself1909
quick-service1910
self-serve1910
self-service1912
drive-through1918
Army and Navy1919
drive-in1930
one-stop1933
Army-Navy1934
full-service1934
mom-and-pop1942
walkround1950
ma-and-pa1965
pop-up1993
1930 San Antonio (Texas) Light 31 Jan. 14/5 (advt.) Drive-in drink and sandwich, with living room and bath.
1941 Time 14 July 66 (caption) U.S.'s Biggest Drive-In Theater.
1950 Archit. Rev. 108 408/1 Drive-in banks, drive-in restaurants, drive-in cinemas, drive-in shops..are new environment elements.
1959 Listener 5 Feb. 251/2 Britain's first ‘drive-in’ bank (a branch of the Westminster Bank in Liverpool).
1980 Films in Rev. Dec. 628/2 The Stunt Man is a drive-in movie with the soul of a philosopher.
2009 N. Reding Methland 13 Two blocks farther on, Nathan pointed out his favorite restaurant, a drive-in burger joint.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1894