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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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At the Sands, in the midst of chaos and pure corn�Sinatra beating a bass drum that advertises his L.A. beanery, or Dean Martin drinking Scotch from an ice bucket�Joey can still be funny.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fields�became loyal patrons and helped build Chasen's into show biz's most glamorous beanery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prince Mike complains of the Internal Revenue Service, whose new attitude toward expense accounts has already been reflected, he thinks, in empty tables at the royal beanery.

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

He's owner of the 7-bar-D outfit, y'earmark a swallow-fork in both y'ears––which brands seventeen hundred calves each spring round-up; an' is moreover proprietor of the Abe Lincoln Hotel, the same bein' Red Dog's principal beanery.

From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert

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