estaminet

Borrowed from French estaminet.

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈstæmɪneɪ/, /ɛstæmɪˈneɪ/

estaminet (plural estaminets)

1. A small café or bar.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 589:

     Kit […] went in a little estaminet, and sat over in a corner with a twelve-centime glass of beer, reviewing the situation.

2. (archaic) A restaurant where smoking is allowed.

• tantièmes

Borrowed from Walloon estaminé, from stamon.

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ta.mi.nɛ/

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estaminet m (plural estaminets)

1. (obsolete) restaurant room where smoking is allowed
2. (by extension) small café

   Synonyms: café, café-bar

   • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis‎:

     Je prends mon café, à côté de chez moi, dans un estaminet. Le zinc du comptoir est ondulé, au bord.

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• “estaminet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).