beanery

American  

[bee-nuh-ree] / ˈbi nə ri /

noun

Informal.

• beaneries
  plural

1. a cheap, usually inferior, restaurant.

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beanery British  

/ ˈbiːnərɪ /

noun

1. informal a cheap restaurant

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• beaneries
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of beanery

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; bean + -ery

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

beanery beaneries

If money is forced upon me through the enterprise, I shall found a hospital or a free beanery with it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Undoubtedly benefited were the owners of two abandoned silver mines, hotel and motel keepers, beanery proprietors and taxi drivers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rejected by the conservatory where he hoped to study, he is forced to work at a low job tickling the ivories in a busy beanery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Founder Hart had plenty of fun with Judge, founded no beanery.

From Time Magazine Archive

"That's your beanery tip, is it?" says I. "Much obliged, Buddy, but I guess after the bookies get all you and Mrs. Pell are goin' to throw at 'em they won't need mine."

From Shorty McCabe by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson

Many campers prefer to eat at the local beaneries, but a few still cook on their own fires with supplies from a local supermarket.

From Time Magazine Archive

His name became as current in Broadway beaneries as stale bagels.

From Time Magazine Archive

However, after stuffing my pockets with all my earthly possessions, we hiked forth and steered for the Builtfast—the very latest thing in expensive beaneries.

From You Should Worry Says John Henry by Hugh McHugh

I quit two or three times, thinking I could make a living writing scenarios, but I always had to go back to the beaneries.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Arthur Preston Hankins

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