luncheonette

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English

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Etymology

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luncheon +‎ -ette

Noun

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luncheonette (plural luncheonettes)

  1. A small diner or restaurant that serves lunch.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:restaurant
    Coordinate term: bruncheonette
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 8, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 3:
      He talked up an acquaintance with a waitress in a luncheonette, made a date to take her driving in his Cadillac that afternoon, and came back to wake me with the news.

Descendants

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  • → Portuguese: lanchonete
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