malt shop


noun
  1. a retail establishment specializing in serving ice-cream drinks, as malted milks, milk shakes, and sodas.

Origin of malt shop

1
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Words Nearby malt shop

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How to use malt shop in a sentence

  • We compromised on Pokey's malt shop at the corner and finally settled with a sigh of relief in a booth way at the back.

    Tillie | Roger Phillips Graham