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Synonyms

beanery

American  
[bee-nuh-ree] / ˈbi nə ri /

noun

Informal.

plural

beaneries
  1. a cheap, usually inferior, restaurant.


beanery British  
/ ˈbiːnərɪ /

noun

  1. informal a cheap restaurant

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of beanery

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; bean + -ery

Example Sentences

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Undoubtedly benefited were the owners of two abandoned silver mines, hotel and motel keepers, beanery proprietors and taxi drivers.

From Time Magazine Archive

June Havoc, who ought to know, plays an ex-vaudevillian married to the owner of a mountain beanery, whose daughter is afraid to tell her that she has secretly married and wants out of show business.

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As the novel begins, Raul sits in a beanery in The Bronx, near the Cabot School, wrapped in a satisfying combination of doom and glory.

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If money is forced upon me through the enterprise, I shall found a hospital or a free beanery with it.

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And say, in his white togs and starched linen cap, he’s got the chef on the canned goods ads. lookin’ like a hash rustler in a beanery.

From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Ford, Sewell