beanery

[ bee-nuh-ree ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural bean·er·ies.

1. a cheap, usually inferior, restaurant.

beanery

/ ˈbiːnərɪ /

noun

1. informal.
   a cheap restaurant

Word History and Origins

Origin of beanery¹

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

Example Sentences

The old Hugh Braddy would have gone humbly to a one-armed beanery for one black coffee and one doughnut—price, one dime.

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Say, I had a lithograph of Buddy and his beanery tip goin' up against an argument like that.

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Straight to New York they hie, and lay their goods at the feet of the girl who serves them beans in a beanery.

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I used to work in a hash foundry and a beanery, said Nat with a smile.

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I've been check boy and oyster man, cashier—now I'm looking out for this particular beanery.

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