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estaminet

[ es-ta-mee-ne ]

noun

French.
plural estaminets
  1. a bistro or small café.


estaminet

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noun

  1. a small café, bar, or bistro, esp a shabby one
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of estaminet1

First recorded in 1805–15
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of estaminet1

C19: from French, perhaps from Walloon dialect staminet manger
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“On the way out, the lady of the estaminet said to the Resistance boys, ‘Your friend isn’t from round here, is he?’

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She perceived, however, that his excursions might be connected with business in some way or other, for he never expended money, as he would had he gone to a café or estaminet.

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Halfway we stop at an estaminet for beer.

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I soon found out that the Germans frequented the estaminet; and, what was more to the point—luck again, mark you—that the gunners who ran the battery I was out after almost lived there.

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He and a friend went out for a stroll in the evening; they visited an estaminet, where they found poor wine but a charming girl.

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