Drive-thru

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of drive-through. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    a restaurant where food can be picked up without leaving the car wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of drive-through. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "The experience prompted her [Chappell Roan] to cultivate an outre persona that allowed the queer musician born Kayleigh Amstutz to express everything she had once repressed, growing up in a Christian community. […] She then hustled her way – via stints back home working in a drive-thru doughnut shop – to a deal with Island."

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"The first drive-thru restaurant was created in 1947."

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ski-thru

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