beanery

[ bee-nuh-ree ]
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noun,plural bean·er·ies.Informal.
  1. a cheap, usually inferior, restaurant.

Origin of beanery

1
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; bean + -ery

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How to use beanery in a sentence

  • The old Hugh Braddy would have gone humbly to a one-armed beanery for one black coffee and one doughnut—price, one dime.

  • Say, I had a lithograph of Buddy and his beanery tip goin' up against an argument like that.

    Shorty McCabe | Sewell Ford
  • Straight to New York they hie, and lay their goods at the feet of the girl who serves them beans in a beanery.

    The Four Million | O. Henry
  • I used to work in a hash foundry and a beanery, said Nat with a smile.

    Jack Ranger's Gun Club | Clarence Young
  • I've been check boy and oyster man, cashier—now I'm looking out for this particular beanery.

British Dictionary definitions for beanery

beanery

/ (ˈbiːnərɪ) /


nounplural -eries
  1. US informal a cheap restaurant

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