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estaminet
[ es-ta-mee-ne ]
noun
, French.
, plural es·ta·mi·nets [es-t, a, -mee-, ne].
- a bistro or small café.
estaminet
/ ɛstaminɛ /
noun
- a small café, bar, or bistro, esp a shabby one
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Word History and Origins
Origin of estaminet1
First recorded in 1805–15
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Word History and Origins
Origin of estaminet1
C19: from French, perhaps from Walloon dialect staminet manger
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Example Sentences
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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The ceiling was as black with gas-fumes and tobacco smoke as any other ceiling in any other estaminet in the Quartier Latin.
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And the estaminet at the cross-roads, that cruelly warm corner whence he passed into peace, it too had vanished from the earth.
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He suddenly came across the lighted window of a small estaminet, and went in.
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They had built it on the ruins of an estaminet, roofed it over with odds and ends of tin and tarpaulin, and the play was on.
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