Definitions

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  • noun colloquial café
  • noun colloquial cafeteria

Etymologies

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Abbreviation of café.

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Abbreviation of cafeteria.

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Examples

  • The characters are have richly textured personalities, and even secondary roles – including a classmate of Lijiamao who refuses to believe her friend died and a quartet of miscreants who indulge in café-base inebriation by ordering two cans of beers with four cups for sharing the brew – are genuinely memorable in a cult-worthy manner.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2010

  • And if you're an espresso connoisseur, either lower your standards for cappuccino in cafés or plan on brewing better at home, since knowledge of proper brewing is just as scarce as farmers who drink their own beans.

    Buying and brewing good coffee in Mexico 2009

  • I read it every day — first thing on work days, after I find a seat on the subway; in cafés; in hotel rooms; before going to sleep; waiting for surgery or tests; visiting friends …

    Archive 2009-12-01 2009

  • So is eavesdropping in cafés and looking out of windows.

    Why You Should Stop Waiting for Inspiration | Write to Done 2009

  • And if you're an espresso connoisseur, either lower your standards for cappuccino in cafés or plan on brewing better at home, since knowledge of proper brewing is just as scarce as farmers who drink their own beans.

    Buying and brewing good coffee in Mexico 2009

  • I read it every day — first thing on work days, after I find a seat on the subway; in cafés; in hotel rooms; before going to sleep; waiting for surgery or tests; visiting friends …

    Best of 2009: Book 2009

  • When logistics allow, I spend several evenings or mornings a week in cafés, reading, writing, chatting, pondering.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • When logistics allow, I spend several evenings or mornings a week in cafés, reading, writing, chatting, pondering.

    100 things about me 2008

  • Equally at home in café and bar environments or corporate breakout and communications areas fizz is available in a huge diversity of contemporary finishes which ensures its harmonisation with a plethora of interior design schemes.

    The Fizz Barstool from Wiesner Hager 2008

  • As for Huerta himself, he was frequently seen in cafés, heavily guarded, swigging down copitas of the brandy to which he was so partial.

    Usurper: the dark shadow of Victoriano Huerta (1845–1916) 2008

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