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luncheonette
[
luhn-ch
uh
-
net
]
Origin
lunch·eon·ette
/
ˌlʌn
tʃəˈnɛt
/
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[
luhn-ch
uh
-
net
]
Show IPA
noun
a small restaurant or lunchroom where light meals are served.
Origin:
1920–25,
Americanism
;
luncheon
+
-ette
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luncheonette
(ˌlʌntʃəˈnɛt)
—
n
(
US
), (
Canadian
) a café or small informal restaurant where light meals and snacks are served
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
luncheonette
type of restaurant, 1924, Amer.Eng., from
luncheon
+ dim. ending
-ette
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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