cafeterie

English

Noun

cafeterie (plural cafeteries)

1. (dated) Cafeteria.
   • 1907, Laura A. Taylor, Three Westerners Abroad, p. 46, [1]

     There is no "diner," so we get off the train for breakfast, and have some more cafeterie experience. A plate, knife and fork are provided, the rest you are expected to do for yourself, pay your bill and depart.

   • 1909, Harvester World, International Harvester Company of America, Vol. 1, p. 28, [2]

     A central kitchen serves a cafeterie, seating two hundred; a café, seating seventy; and a lunch counter with stools for forty.

   • 1911, The Philistine, a Periodical of Protest (volume 33, page 10)

     In front of a cafeterie in San Francisco I saw a donkey carrying sandwich-boards upon which was lettered the legend, “This Cafeterie employs non-union labor. Do not patronize it!”

2. (dated) Pantry, stillroom.
   • 1933, George Orwell, chapter 9, in Down and Out in Paris and London‎^[3]:

     It appeared that the cafeterie was the very lowest post in the hotel, and a dreadful come-down for a waiter […]

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• cafetiere, cafetière