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café concert

noun
ca·​fé con·​cert | \kȧfākōⁿseer\
plural cafés concerts\ " \

Definition of café concert 

: a café offering a program of light music

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First Known Use of café concert

1851, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for café concert

French, literally, concert café

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