Meaning of cafeterie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Cafeteria.
   dated
2. Pantry, stillroom.
   dated

Equivalents

Examples

“There is no "diner," so we get⟳ off the train⟳ for breakfast, and have⟳ some more cafeterie experience⟳. A plate, knife and fork are provided, the rest⟳ you are expected to do for yourself, pay⟳ your bill and depart.”

“1909, Harvester World, International Harvester Company of America, Vol. 1, p. 28, https://books.google.ca/books?id=kzs2AQAAMAAJ&q=%22cafeterie%22&dq=%22cafeterie%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkq5uJ5cHNAhVGHGMKHZDXBL44ZBDoAQiXAzBF A central kitchen serves a cafeterie, seating two hundred; a café, seating seventy; and a lunch counter with stools for forty.”

“In front of a cafeterie in San Francisco I saw⟳ a donkey carrying sandwich-boards upon which was lettered the legend, “This Cafeterie employs non-union labor. Do not patronize it!””

“It appeared that the cafeterie was the very lowest post⟳ in the hotel, and a dreadful come-down for a waiter […]”

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