coffee shops
- plural of coffee shop.
Example Sentences
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Founder James Freeman, a musician, was inspired by Japan's old-style "kissaten" coffee-shops: tiny dimly-lit establishments, with good music and a barista behind a wooden counter.
From US News • May 25, 2015
Mr. H. and I, forgetting the Ramazan, went out to hunt for an iced sherbet; but all the coffee-shops were closed until sunset.
From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Taylor, Bayard
Edison in those days rather liked the modest coffee-shops, and mentions visiting one.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
The charges here are high, but not extortionate, as, besides the two inns alluded to, there are several coffee-shops and lodging-houses; so competition has its effect even in the bush.
From A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 by Clacy, Ellen
At eight hours and three quarters we passed a cluster of huts and coffee-shops, called shedad, with wells of very good water.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis
