Definitions

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  • noun A sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the in the suburbs of Paris

Etymologies

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French

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Examples

  • Pierre Auguste Renoir captured the carefree revelry of an afternoon at a guinguette in his "Luncheon of the Boating Party."

    Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

  • ELEANOR BEARDSLEY: Its Sunday afternoon at a guinguette called Chez Gegene.

    Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

  • Mr. OCTAVE BLANCHARD: (Through translator) We love the guinguette tradition and we come often.

    Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

  • Mr. OCTAVE BLANCHARD: (Through translator) We love the guinguette tradition and we come often.

    Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

  • Pierre Auguste Renoir captured the carefree revelry of an afternoon at a guinguette in his "Luncheon of the Boating Party."

    Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

  • (Soundbite of music) Unidentified Man: (Singing in French language) BEARDSLEY: The older patrons are hoping that Ferrer and others from the younger generation will continue coming to the banks of the Marne and keep the guinguette tradition alive.

    Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

  • (Soundbite of music) Unidentified Man: (Singing in French language) BEARDSLEY: The older patrons are hoping that Ferrer and others from the younger generation will continue coming to the banks of the Marne and keep the guinguette tradition alive.

    Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

  • ELEANOR BEARDSLEY: Its Sunday afternoon at a guinguette called Chez Gegene.

    Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes 2010

  • We dined that night al fresco at a guinguette, a wine shop just on the edge of the city, with stout Monsieur Panard and wiry Fagan, his collaborator, and with Monsieur Biancolelli, a few unmarried members of the company de la foire, and one or two other performers of the Theatre Italien.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Young Geoffrion 2009

  • We dined that night al fresco at a guinguette, a wine shop just on the edge of the city, with stout Monsieur Panard and wiry Fagan, his collaborator, and with Monsieur Biancolelli, a few unmarried members of the company de la foire, and one or two other performers of the Theatre Italien.

    Theatre de la Foire Young Geoffrion 2009

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