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beanery

American  
[bee-nuh-ree] / ˈbi nə ri /

noun

Informal.
beaneries plural
  1. a cheap, usually inferior, restaurant.


beanery British  
/ ˈbiːnərɪ /

noun

  1. informal a cheap restaurant

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of beanery

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

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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

As the novel begins, Raul sits in a beanery in The Bronx, near the Cabot School, wrapped in a satisfying combination of doom and glory.

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 Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)

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