estaminet

[ es-ta-mee-ne ]

noun

, French.

, plural es·ta·mi·nets [es-t, a, -mee-, ne].

1. a bistro or small café.

estaminet

/ ɛstaminɛ /

noun

1. a small café, bar, or bistro, esp a shabby one

Word History and Origins

Origin of estaminet¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Word History and Origins

Origin of estaminet¹

C19: from French, perhaps from Walloon dialect staminet manger

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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