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a standby fleet of motor vehicles available for temporary use by appropriate personnel, as at a military or governmental installation.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Flesh encircled him at the main pool of the Paradise Hotel and Residences at Boca.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There may be no entrapped pool of human talent left on earth with the dollar value of Cuban athletes.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the course of her remarkable travels Thecla baptizes herself by diving into a pool of “man-eating seals.”
First Anglican Woman Bishop A Return to Christian Roots|Candida Moss|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They can hear the sound of his boat's motor, growing louder as it comes over the horizon.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
To think,” said the younger Englishwoman to her sister, “of this wee mite travelling about in an open motor!
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Captains Spotstroke and Pool were equally careful; the rest of those present drank freely.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
John was baptizing at a large pool called Ænon-by-Saleim,—probably allegorical, meaning “Fountain of Repose.”
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
The pool was drained in 1866, and, having been filled up, its site will ere long be covered with streets of houses.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell