guinguetten.1
/ɡaŋˈɡɛt/ A suburban cabaret; a place of entertainment of a rather low class, for drinking and dancing.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > cheap place of entertainment
guinguette1779
tingle-tangle1873
honky-tonk1889
midway1893
juke1935
tonk1937
rinky-dink1951
1779 G. Keate Sketches from Nature (ed. 2) II. 68 Any of the guingettes about Paris.
1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 64 Oh! England, if you would only have guinguettes where ‘on danse tous les jours’, instead of drinking porter and gin.
1839 W. Chambers Tour Belgium 77/1 The small village of Laeken..contains a number of guinguettes, or taverns with public gardens.
1885 D. Hannay in Mag. of Art Sept. 448/2 Tearing up an old garden with its fountains to put a guinguette in place thereof.
Derivatives
guingettize v. (intransitive) to dance as at a guinguette (nonce-word).
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1840 Disraeli in Corr. w. Sister 15 Aug. There was a temporary room for the ball, which was in itself a blunder, as anybody can guingettise and princes give balls because they have palaces.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
guinguetten.2
/ɡaŋˈɡɛt/ A two-wheeled vehicle without a hood; a gig.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > two-wheeled
timwhisky1768
whisky1769
gig1791
rib chair1795
shandry1802
trap1807
tilbury1814
dennet1818
chaise-cart1821
spring-cart1823
go-cart1824
jockey-cart1840
guinguette1852
Catherine1861
croydon1880
stolkjaerre1885
Ralli car1886
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. xiii. 232 The King drove thither in Marshal Villars's own guinguette.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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