luncheonette

[ luhn-chuh-net ]
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noun
  1. a small restaurant or lunchroom where light meals are served.

Origin of luncheonette

1
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; luncheon + -ette

Words Nearby luncheonette

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How to use luncheonette in a sentence

  • The group broke up, some of them going home to have lunch and others stopping at the luncheonette of a nearby drug store.

    Janet Hardy in Hollywood | Ruthe S. Wheeler
  • He left the park, and wandered into a thriving luncheonette.

    Dream Town | Henry Slesar
  • He was sure of that, because he had copied it down when he left the luncheonette, the first time we met.

    Exile from Space | Judith Merril

British Dictionary definitions for luncheonette

luncheonette

/ (ˌlʌntʃəˈnɛt) /


noun
  1. US and Canadian a café or small informal restaurant where light meals and snacks are served

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