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Thinking of luckier comrades guzzling in country estaminets and town bistros, the runway builders began to grouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the 13th March the non-commissioned officers celebrated the anniversary of the Battalion's first arrival in France by arranging a kind of concert in one of the estaminets in Estaires.

From The Story of the "9th King's" in France by Roberts, Enos Herbert Glynne

Satia te sanguine You come among men; laughing At the ramp of the strange beasts Roaring our songs in estaminets, With our hands hungry for life again.

From Eidola by Manning, Frederic

At this point the Battalion turned in a south-westerly direction, passing through a village in which the French and English Headquarters were quartered in "estaminets" on either side of the road.

From "Contemptible", by "Casualty" by

Christmas Day was fortunately spent at Authie, and the various companies sat down in comfort in the estaminets to a splendid dinner.

From The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) by Cruttwell, C. R. M. F. (Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser)