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bis⋅tro
[bis-troh; Fr. bee-stroh] 
–noun, plural bis⋅tros [bis-trohz; Fr. bee-stroh] .
[bis-trohz; Fr. bee-stroh] . | 1. | a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café. |
| 2. | a small nightclub or restaurant. |
Origin:
1920–25; < F bistro(t), orig. argot, first attested in the sense “proprietor of a tavern” (1884); of obscure orig.
1920–25; < F bistro(t), orig. argot, first attested in the sense “proprietor of a tavern” (1884); of obscure orig.
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| bis·tro (bē'strō, bĭs'trō) n. pl. bis·tros
[French bistro or bistrot, tavern owner, tavern.] |
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bistro
1922, from Fr. bistro (1884), originally Parisian slang for "little wineshop or restaurant," of unknown origin. Commonly said to be from Russian bee-stra "quickly," picked up during the Allied occupation of Paris in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon; but this, however quaint, is unlikely. Another guess is that it is from bistraud "a little shepherd," a word of the Poitou dialect, from biste "goat."
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