estaminet
a bistro or small café.
Origin of estaminet
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How to use estaminet in a sentence
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.
Non-combatants and Others | Rose MacaulayThe ceiling was as black with gas-fumes and tobacco smoke as any other ceiling in any other estaminet in the Quartier Latin.
In the Days of My Youth | Amelia Ann Blandford EdwardsAnd the estaminet at the cross-roads, that cruelly warm corner whence he passed into peace, it too had vanished from the earth.
Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front | E. W. HornungHe suddenly came across the lighted window of a small estaminet, and went in.
The Martian | George Du MaurierThey 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.
British Dictionary definitions for estaminet
/ French (ɛstaminɛ) /
a small café, bar, or bistro, esp a shabby one
Origin of estaminet
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