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drop-in

[ drop-in ]

noun

  1. Also Informal. a person who or thing that pays an unexpected or uninvited visit:

    a feeder for squirrels, raccoons, and other drop-ins.

  2. Informal. a social gathering at which the guests are not expected to stay long:

    Be sure to stop by our house for a glass of eggnog at our Christmas drop-in.



adjective

  1. provided for short-term patronage:

    a drop-in shelter for people who are moving through homelessness.

  2. requiring only insertion to be ready for use:

    a drop-in battery pack.

drop in

verb

  1. surfing to intrude on a wave that another surfer is already riding
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of drop-in1

First recorded in 1810–20; noun and adjective use of verb phrase drop in
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Though My Sistah's House initially had plans to build a triplex — each unit with two bedrooms and a backyard porch — Gore said the organization, instead, has decided to build a shelter and drop-in space in anticipation of greater need for housing and resources for trans Memphians during the Trump presidency.

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As Herring doled out supplies, he directed new recipients to Sidewalk’s drop-in site on Stanford Avenue — a renovated garage space where unhoused community members can eat, rest and shop a free stock of the overdose reversal drug naloxone, clean syringes and sharps containers and other first-aid and hygiene supplies.

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The Bundeswehr only has one permanent drop-in centre, a small unit sandwiched between a pharmacy and a shoe store beside Berlin's Friedrichstrasse station.

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Ms Pichardo, who runs a drop-in centre called Sunshine House, operates what she calls a "no-judgement zone".

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“We also know there’s more work to be done, and that’s why my office is working to open a drop-in center near the park that will provide restrooms, showers, access to food,†Hernandez said.

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