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▪ I. ‖ guinguette1|gɛ̃gɛt|
[Fr., of unknown origin.]
A suburban cabaret; a place of entertainment of a rather low class, for drinking and dancing.
1779G. Keate Sketches fr. Nat. (ed. 2) II. 68 Any of the guingettes about Paris. 1818Lady Morgan Autobiog. (1859) 64 Oh! England, if you would only have guinguettes where ‘on danse tous les jours’, instead of drinking porter and gin. 1839W. Chambers Tour Belgium 77/1 The small village of Laeken..contains a number of guinguettes, or taverns with public gardens. 1885D. Hannay in Mag. of Art Sept. 448/2 Tearing up an old garden with its fountains to put a guinguette in place thereof.
Hence guingettize v. intr., to dance as at a guinguette (nonce-wd.).
1840Disraeli in Corr. w. Sister 15 Aug., There was a temporary room for the ball, which was in itself a blunder, as anybody can guingettise and princes give balls because they have palaces.
▪ II. ‖ guinguette2|gɛ̃gɛt|
[Fr.]
A two-wheeled vehicle without a hood; a gig.
1852Thackeray Esmond ii. xiii, The king drove thither in Marshal Villar's own guinguette. |