estaminet

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The propriety of housing (p. 207) a Senior Chaplain in an estaminet might be questioned, but this particular one was called the estaminet of St. Joseph. An estaminet with such a title, and carried on under such high patronage, was one in which I could make myself at home.

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  1. noun A small café.

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  • When we got to the dressing station which was a small red-brick estaminet, we were confronted by a horrible sight. —  The Great War As I Saw It
  • We had many pleasant gatherings there in an estaminet which became a meeting place for officers. —  The Great War As I Saw It
  • As I passed through the sleeping village of Estrée-Cauchie, I came upon some men of another Division who had been imbibing very freely in an estaminet, and who were about to wind up a heated argument with a free fight. —  The Great War As I Saw It
  • The propriety of housing (p. 207) a Senior Chaplain in an estaminet might be questioned, but this particular one was called the estaminet of St. Joseph. An estaminet with such a title, and carried on under such high patronage, was one in which I could make myself at home. —  The Great War As I Saw It
  • Here the estaminet or débitant (French as far as I am aware for a beer shop), is open to the British soldier for three hours daily, from twelve to one and from six to eight o'clock. —  The Red Horizon
 

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  1. French, probably from Walloon èstaminê, staminê, cowshed, little café, probably from stamen, post to which a cow is tied at the feeding trough, probably of Germanic origin; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. French, of unknown origin.
 

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/ɛstæmiˈneɪ/
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