McDonald's-esque

English

Adjective

McDonald's-esque (comparative more McDonald's-esque, superlative most McDonald's-esque)

1. Alternative form of McDonaldesque
   • 1993 September 5, Robert Preer, “For venerable Howard Johnson’s restaurants, a second serving”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 244, number 67, page South 4:

     For the very young, there is an extensive children’s menu, with some items served in a McDonald’s-esque orange plastic sand pail with a shovel on the side.

   • 1994 November 8, Greg McBride, “Where’s God’s country?”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 166th year, number 161, page A14:

     What’s the matter, can’t God create decent jobs in His own country instead of minimum-wage, McDonald’s-esque slavery?

   • 1995 September 5, Geoff Thompson, Adam Harvey, “Where to find the best uni bars”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 49,300, page 16:

     A relatively small bar housed in an old sandstone building with a large balcony and well-used pool tables, Manning generates a more intimate and bohemian dynamic than its McDonald’s-esque rival across the campus.

   • 2021 September 27, Drew Jackson, “Top Raleigh bakery joins the downtown lunch scene”, in The Herald-Sun, volume 133, number 214, page 4A:

     There are no deep fryers in the downtown spot, so duplicating the cult favorite breakfast sandwich from the original location, with its fried McDonald’s-esque hashbrown, is out of the question.