estaminet

[ es-ta-mee-ne ]

/ ɛs ta miˈnɛ /

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noun, plural es·ta·mi·nets

[es-ta-mee-ne]. /ɛs ta miˈnɛ/. French.

a bistro or small café.

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Origin of estaminet

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby estaminet

establishment, establishmentarian, estafette, Estaing, d', estamin, estaminet, estampie, estancia, estate, estate agent, estate-bottling

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How to use estaminet in a sentence

He and a friend went out for a stroll in the evening; they visited an estaminet, where they found poor wine but a charming girl.
Non-combatants and Others|Rose Macaulay
The ceiling was as black with gas-fumes and tobacco smoke as any other ceiling in any other estaminet in the Quartier Latin.
In the Days of My Youth|Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
And the estaminet at the cross-roads, that cruelly warm corner whence he passed into peace, it too had vanished from the earth.
Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front|E. W. Hornung
He suddenly came across the lighted window of a small estaminet, and went in.
The Martian|George Du Maurier

They had built it on the ruins of an estaminet, roofed it over with odds and ends of tin and tarpaulin, and the play was on.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 16, 1919|Various

British Dictionary definitions for estaminet

estaminet

/ French (ɛstaminɛ) /

noun

a small café, bar, or bistro, esp a shabby one

Word Origin for estaminet

C19: from French, perhaps from Walloon dialect staminet manger

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