Etymology
Origin of lube
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Jiffy Lube makes up 6.5% of the volume of Shell’s U.S. and Canada total lubricants business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
A Kia Soul cut in front of me, exiting a Jiffy Lube.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
Rave to the staff at Jiffy Lube in Mukilteo for converging on our vehicle and giving us a good assessment as to what the problem might be.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024
When you visit a McDonald's, a Jiffy Lube or a Hilton Garden Inn, you may assume you’re visiting one business.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023
Alexander marches to battle, bathes in the Cydnus, crosses "Lube" and "Lutis," and passing by a miraculous knoll which made cowards brave and brave men fearful, arrives at Tarsus, which he takes.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George
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