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bean⋅er⋅y

  [bee-nuh-ree]
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–noun, plural -er⋅ies. Informal.
a cheap, usually inferior, restaurant.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; bean + -ery
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bean·er·y   (bē'nə-rē)   
n.   pl. bean·er·ies Informal
An inexpensive restaurant or café.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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beanery

  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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