way station
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way station
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noun way stations · way-station · waystation
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A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.
Similar: stopover, whistle-stop, staging post
- A service area or temporary lodging used during a longer journey. At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition.
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title = {way station},
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