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luncheonette

[ luhn-chuh-net ]
/ ˌlʌn tʃəˈnɛt /
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noun
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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How to use luncheonette in a sentence

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

    Dream Town|Henry Slesar
  • 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
/ (ˌlʌntʃəˈnɛt) /

noun
US and Canadian a café or small informal restaurant where light meals and snacks are served
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