motor pool
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of motor pool
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
Example Sentences
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“We all had to be broken in, so to speak, to do what had to be done,” said Davis, who mainly worked as a motor pool driver.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2022
This car was more of a workhorse than a parade vehicle, and was used to shuttle the president throughout Washington until it was replaced in the motor pool during the Johnson administration.
From Fox News • Sep. 23, 2020
Campus bus drivers were hired to drive vehicles from the university motor pool to pick up patient samples, mostly from public health departments and hospitals in rural counties across the state.
From Washington Post • May 12, 2020
After graduating from high school, he worked for the Post Office for two years before being drafted into the Army, which sent him to West Germany in charge of the motor pool at his base.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2020
He was beginning to lose confidence in Gus and Wes and was thinking of having them both transferred back to the motor pool and replaced by someone who could find something wrong.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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