milk bar

American  

noun

1. a simple restaurant, often with an open front, or a counter or booth where milk drinks, sandwiches, etc., are sold.

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milk bar British  

noun

1. a snack bar at which milk drinks and light refreshments are served

2. (in Australia) a shop selling, in addition to milk, basic provisions and other items

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Etymology

Origin of milk bar

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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milk bar

He also uncovered documents showing that the men in his company had called him “the milk bar commando” because of his love of milkshakes.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024

“The milk bar brings us together,” he said.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2021

The first milk bar was opened in Warsaw in 1896 by a Polish dairy farmer.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021

With restaurant-quality food at cafe prices, this recent arrival inhabits an old milk bar in Brunswick East where gentrifying Fitzroy and Carlton North meet the bungalow burbs.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2010

In between were "all the cliche jobs actors do for money: I sold tops at Gimbels, was a waiter at a milk bar under Grand Central Station."

From Time Magazine Archive