depanneur
/ˌdepəˈnər
/(also dépanneur)
noun Canadian
(Especially in Quebec) a convenience store: you can buy beer at the depanneur along with your smokes and lotto tickets...
- In his hurry to get to the local depanneur to purchase the actual ticket, he forgot his pen on the table.
- Any depanneur in the poorest section of Montreal is better stocked than these are at the best of times.
- My Korean depanneur even opens on Christmas Day.
Origin
Canadian French dépanneur, from French (in the sense 'mechanic, repairman') (the Canadian French sense apparently deriving from the idea that last-minute or emergency purchases can be made from such a store).
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