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autobuffet

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A railway vending machine selling food items.

UK, dated, rare

Examples

“PRR Unveils New Auto-Buffet Coach”
“At Waterloo, at 1 a.m., an attendant was available to give⟳ change⟳ for the autobuffet (the machine for change⟳ was out of order⟳), […] The autobuffet at Paddington was doing good business at 2 a.m., but again the change⟳ machine was out of order⟳.”
“I can't remember⟳ now where I saw⟳ an autobuffet sign⟳ quite recently.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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