coffeehouse
Americannoun
plural
coffeehouses-
a public place that specializes in serving coffee and other refreshments and that sometimes provides informal entertainment.
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(in 17th- and 18th-century England) a similar establishment where groups met for a particular purpose, as for informal discussions or card playing.
verb (used without object)
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Informal. to engage in aimless talk or chitchat.
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Cards. to make remarks and gestures during play with the purpose of misleading opponents as to the cards one holds.
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Starbucks recently unveiled its brand-new Coffeehouse Code of Conduct, introduced free refills and revived its condiment bars.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025
Mr Adlard sat in three local coffee shops, Csons, The Coffee House and The Shrewsbury Coffeehouse to draw the book.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024
Distant Worlds Coffeehouse moves a block west of the Roosevelt light-rail station.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2022
“We have a lot of different programs: a play-reading series, a puppet series, the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, the Coffeehouse Chronicles series, and each of them has its own person running it,” she continued.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022
“When word gets out that the Cook Coffeehouse is open for business again, you won’t be able to keep tradesmen or customers away!”
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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