caff

Definition of caffnext
British
as in restaurant
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises a simple East End caff that serves fish-and-chips and the like to a largely working-class clientele

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Recent Examples of caff According to the lawyers, half caff coffee has only half of the amount of caffeine as similar coffee products. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 Years of conditioning have given rise to rumours of packed beaches, mega-resorts and caffs selling full English breakfasts. William Leigh, theweek, 14 May 2024
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Noun
  • Designer Jordane Arrivetz, also behind the look of beach club and restaurant Ciro's at the Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes, sought to preserve its historic soul while injecting the interiors with modernity.
    Mary Winston Nicklin, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
  • In a YouGov survey of the top 20 most popular activities, cooking took 9th place (ranking higher than such activities as reading, traveling, eating out at restaurants, and sightseeing), and baking ranked 19th (one spot higher on the list than going to the movies).
    Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • The drive-in-turned-diner has been serving up hearty comfort food to Charlotteans looking for a filling meal since 1957, working its way into a firm hold among Charlotte’s oldest restaurants.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
  • Occasionally, breakfast proceedings would be interrupted by a cheeky monkey sitting up on the rafters, and staffers would be on high alert with their wild gesticulating, causing tittering among diners.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

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“Caff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caff. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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