Meaning of coffee-shop | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“Mr. H. and I, forgetting the Ramazan, went out to hunt for an iced sherbet; but all the coffee-shops were closed until sunset.”

“Over a snack of luncheon—snatched late and hastily at a little uncomfortable coffee-shop near the Griffin—Ronnie’s usual calm returned.”

“Anne showed great interest in the many Greek coffee-shops, stores, and cabarets, which occupied ancient two-story buildings. I explained to her that many of these coffee-shops are named after certain counties or districts in Greece and that the natives of those areas usually foregather in the coffee-shop named after their place of birth.”

“After his father died his mother ran a coffee-shop for dockers near the gates of the docks.”

“She laughs easily, wears no make-up, talks fast and seems effortlessly comfortable with people - even a homeless gent who comes into the coffee-shop demanding change, which she gives.”

“THE story goes that in 1957 Jay Pritzker was in a hotel coffee-shop called Fat Eddie's at a Los Angeles airport, and waiting for a flight.”

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