beaneryn.
/ˈbiːnəri/ U.S. slang.
A cheap restaurant (originally one where beans were served).
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > cheap eating-house
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1887 Grip (Toronto) 26 Feb. 8/2 Go to, illustrious reader; get thee to a beanery.
1888 Texas Siftings 7 Jan. 4/2 In a beanery you get biscuit fresh from the nest, Canada grouse from New Jersey and immigrant waiters.
1894 San Francisco Midwinter Appeal 10 Feb. 4/1 Papa Peakers gave a baked bean blowout to..the Press Men at his beanery.
1926 E. Hemingway Torrents of Spring v. 27 Inside the door of the beanery Scripps O'Neil looked around him.
1955 E. Pound Section: Rock-drill xci. 74 The american beaneries.
1967 P. G. Wodehouse Company for Henry iv. 66 He used to wander around town trying to find some beanery where they'd have their own specials.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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