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beanery

noun

ˈbēn-rē

Definition of beanery

as in restaurant

a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises that jerkwater town doesn't boast a single decent beanery

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Recent Examples of beanery Even the little Watercolor Cafe, which calls itself a (coffee) beanery by day and an art studio by night, saw a spike in business. — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2021 This was no spider-plants-and-Birkenstocks health-food beanery. — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020

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After health officials traced the outbreak to lettuce from Taylor Farms’ central Mexico location, the company missed a federal deadline to recall lettuce that had been distributed to stores and restaurants, Bloomberg News reported.

— Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
However, the bar and restaurant serves its cheesesteaks differently than most places in the Delaware Valley.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

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Some diners noticed that the knives had other uses — picking teeth, for example, and settling arguments.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
These chains are capturing market share from longtime value stalwarts, while traditional fast-food diners are increasingly declining to eat out at all.

— Rob Wile, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of diner

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