beanery
a cheap, usually inferior, restaurant.
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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.
The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon | Richard ConnellSay, I had a lithograph of Buddy and his beanery tip goin' up against an argument like that.
Shorty McCabe | Sewell FordStraight 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. HenryI used to work in a hash foundry and a beanery, said Nat with a smile.
Jack Ranger's Gun Club | Clarence YoungI've been check boy and oyster man, cashier—now I'm looking out for this particular beanery.
The Personality of American Cities | Edward Hungerford
British Dictionary definitions for beanery
/ (ˈbiːnərɪ) /
US informal a cheap restaurant
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