luncheonette

[ luhn-chuh-net ]

noun

1. a small restaurant or lunchroom where light meals are served.

luncheonette

/ ˌlʌntʃəˈnɛt /

noun

1. a café or small informal restaurant where light meals and snacks are served

Word History and Origins

Origin of luncheonette¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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He left the park, and wandered into a thriving luncheonette.

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

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