caffn.
/kaf/, U.S. /kæf/ slang or humorous colloquial.
= café n. Also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > café or tearoom
tearoom1733
café1802
tea-garden1802
estaminet1814
cafeteria1839
coffee palace1879
coffee parlour1894
zinc1914
caff1931
pull-in1938
transport café1938
pantry1948
relais1957
kayf1962
izakaya1987
1931 D. Morse-Boycott We do see Life! i. 15 I was sitting in a caff in Compton Street.
1950 P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 28 Caff boys, the youths and men, the ‘spivs’ and ‘wide boys’, who hang around certain cafés.
1959 G. Freeman Jack would be Gentleman ix. 191 We'll find a caff somewhere an' 'ave our food out.
1959 Daily Mail 5 Mar. 7/1 The news reached Chrimes, 30-year-old boss of the low-life ‘caff society’ with his headquarters in a juke-box cafe in Uxbridge.
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