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coffee house

British  

noun

  1. a place where coffee is served, esp one that was a fashionable meeting place in 18th-century London

"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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Customers need to book ahead to enter the park that houses the coffee house.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

“Coming from an open mic night at a coffee house, never in my wildest dreams did I say, ‘Someday, a football stadium’ … we’re literally living our dreams right now.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

His voice could calm and unite massive audiences and shrink the size of expansive venues to that of an intimate coffee house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

It is on a bridge over Brick Lane, near a vintage clothing shop and a coffee house, not far from Shoreditch High Street.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

Afterward, he stopped to play backgammon at a coffee house in Greek- town.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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