filling station n.
1. an urban description of a small town [apart from its filling station, such a town holds no use or appeal to a passing city-dweller].
AS II:9 389: The advent of gasoline as a substitute for oats has brought the expressions filling-station to take the place of tank town or jerkwater. | ‘Argot of the Vagabond’ in||
Amer. Lang. (4th edn) 582: In the old days a small town used to be a tank or a jerkwater, but now it is a filling-station. | ||
Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). | ||
‘Railroads have “Slanguage”’ in Newark (OH) Advocate 21 May 3/3–4: filling station — small town. |
2. a place to eat or drink, esp. a nightclub.
Und. and Prison Sl. | ||
Pittsburgh Courier (PA) 17 Jan. 7/8: Jive Dictionary. [...] Filling station — eating establishment. |
3. (US black) a liquor store.
Runnin’ Down Some Lines 187: The liquor store [...] has a number of venacular names — [...] filling station, brew house, leeky store. | ||
(con. 1940s–60s) Straight from the Fridge Dad. |