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单词 carvery
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carveryn.

Etymology: see -ery suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcarvery.
a. Meat to be carved.
b. Carved or sculptured work. nonce-words.
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1839 New Monthly Mag. 55 129 The tin was lifted from his share of the carvery.
1845 T. Cooper Purgatory of Suicides i. xlvii. 16 O' ercanopied with perforated carvery.
c. A buffet or restaurant where meat is carved from a joint as required.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > other eating-houses
ordinary1590
chop-house1699
porterhouse?1730
steak house1762
beef-house1807
rotisserie1825
fish-shop1826
supper tavern1841
supper house1855
supper room1858
grill-room1883
teetotum1891
grill1896
bar and grill1903
corner-house1912
bistro1922
roadhouse1922
hot doggery1923
rosticceria1930
dinette1940
British Restaurant1941
drive-through1949
drive-up1956
sobaya1958
carvery1962
ouzeri1964
crêperie1967
steak restaurant1970
sushiya1970
steak bar1971
buka1972
kopitiam1979
bukateria1980
churrascaria1981
parrilla1981
Indian1982
theme pub1983
parrillada1984
restobar1992
1962 Hotels & Restaurants in Great Brit. & Irel. (ed. 33) 186/2 ‘The Carvery’, carve for yourself from the joint of your choice.
1977 Logophile 1 v. 7/1 The huge billboard outside the carvery in Leicester Square.
1978 Washington Post 21 May 68 The other adult, wanting roast beef from the carvery..waits in the carvery line, also holding a tray.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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