estaminetn.
A café in which smoking is allowed. Now, any small establishment selling alcoholic liquor. Also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tap-room or bar
tapstryc1460
ale stand1588
tap1725
bar-room1797
taproom1807
estaminet1814
saloon1841
sample room1865
cantina1892
mahogany1896
beverage room1936
spit and sawdust1937
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > café or tearoom
tearoom1733
café1802
tea-garden1802
estaminet1814
cafeteria1839
coffee palace1879
coffee parlour1894
zinc1914
caff1931
pull-in1938
transport café1938
pantry1948
relais1957
kayf1962
izakaya1987
1814 G. W. Bridges Alpine Sketches ii. 47 A delightful shade of oak and elm, beneath which are numerous estaminets and restaurateurs.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiv. 585 Frequenters of billiard-rooms and estaminets.
1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. II. v. 42 The rascal would..play his game of dominoes at the estaminet door.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 July 4/1 The few buildings that..form a scattering suburb—estaminets, chiefly.
1915 W. H. L. Watson Adv. Despatch Rider ii. 19 We..had some coffee at a little estaminet.
1955 J. Thomas No Banners i. 15 The brothers went into the estaminet, hoping to find a bottle of wine or something to eat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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