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luncheonette

[luhn-chuh-net]
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noun
  1. a small restaurant or lunchroom where light meals are served.
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Origin of luncheonette

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; luncheon + -ette
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Related Words

cafeteriadinerrestaurantcafe

Examples from the Web for luncheonette

Historical Examples

  • The group broke up, some of them going home to have lunch and others stopping at the luncheonette of a nearby drug store.

    Janet Hardy in Hollywood

    Ruthe S. Wheeler

  • He was sure of that, because he had copied it down when he left the luncheonette, the first time we met.

    Exile from Space

    Judith Merril

British Dictionary definitions for luncheonette

luncheonette

noun
  1. US and Canadian a café or small informal restaurant where light meals and snacks are served
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Word Origin and History for luncheonette

n.

type of restaurant, 1906, American English, from luncheon + diminutive ending -ette.

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