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ESTAMINET

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es⋅ta⋅mi⋅net

  [es-ta-mee-ne]
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–noun, plural -nets  [-ne] . French.
a bistro or small café.
Origin:
1805–15
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es·ta·mi·net   (ě-stä'mē-nā')   
n.  A small café.

[French, probably from Walloon èstaminê, staminê, cowshed, little café, probably from stamen, post to which a cow is tied at the feeding trough, probably of Germanic origin; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
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estaminet 
1814, from Fr., "a café in which smoking is allowed," of unknown origin; some suggest a connection to estamine, a type of open woollen fabric used for making sieves, etc., from L. stamineus "made of thread."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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