coffee shop
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coffee shop
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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Example Sentences
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Loren Becker, a semi-retired registered nurse, had ducked into the Black Goose coffee shop in Union, Kentucky, to escape a downpour on Saturday morning.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The quality, he says over a bottle of San Pellegrino at a coffee shop in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant on a sunny April afternoon, is “subconscious.”
From Salon • May 15, 2026
One afternoon, I went to a coffee shop in Santa Monica where a middle-aged red-headed guy with a beard was playing Van Morrison songs on his guitar.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Amir Hossein, 29, a coffee shop manager in a secure area of the capital, said he had lost 60% of his customers since the capital shut down again on Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
First thing I did when it came close to when I was gonna meet Flaca was set Rondell up in an all-night coffee shop with enough cash to eat twice.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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