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beanery

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bean·er·y

   [bee-nuh-ree]
noun, plural -er·ies. Informal.
a cheap, usually inferior, restaurant.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; bean + -ery
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beanery (ˈbiːnərɪ)
 
—n , pl -eries
informal (US) a cheap restaurant

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beanery
"cheap restaurant," 1887, from bean.
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beanery definition


  1. n.
    a cheap eating establishment. (Where baked beans might be served.) : I stopped in for a cup of brew at a little all-night beanery on Thirty-fourth. Marlowe was waiting.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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