gas bar
Canadian English term for a filling station or petrol station — the place where you buy fuel for your vehicle.
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Canadian English term for a filling station or petrol station — the place where you buy fuel for your vehicle. The term is common across Canada and is one of those distinctly Canadian lexical items that immediately marks the speaker's regional identity to others. Equivalent to gas station in the US.
She pulled into the gas bar at the edge of town to fill up before the long drive north.
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(Canada) A filling station.
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