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bistro

[ bis-troh; French bee-stroh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural bis·tros [bis, -trohz, bee-, stroh].

bistro

/ ˈbiːstrəʊ /

Origin of bistro¹

1920–25; < French bistro ( t ), originally argot, first attested in the sense “proprietor of a tavern” (1884); of obscure origin

Origin of bistro¹

French: of obscure origin; perhaps from Russian bistro fast

In one scene set inside a Brooklyn bistro, he ogles a twenty-something French woman.

Week after week we are shaken to learn that French bistro—No, Mongolian—No, Genever gin—No, soba—is THE food trend of the moment.

A group of modish young Angelenos has congregated at Eveleigh, a bistro off Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.

The hotel is home to two restaurants, La Coronela and Santo Vino Bistro, and even makes its own Hotel California Tequila.

He was fired after making anti-Semitic comments in a Paris bistro.

The only place I ever had it better was at a bistro in Nice on this last permission.

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