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caff

noun

ˈkaf

Definition of caff

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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While the carryout Little Fish location in Echo Park transitions over the next few months to a more permanent space a block away, the only time and place to currently crunch into the sandwich is during lunch service at the new restaurant.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Kelce played a bully of a restaurant manager who fires a busboy (played by Bad Bunny).

— Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of restaurant

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Ibiza’s Sublimotion has similar haute ambitions, pairing 12 diners together in a room that will come alive with otherworldly projections and performers.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Customers include shoppers and diners from nearby Hartz Avenue or walkers, runners and cyclists stopping in from the popular Iron Horse Regional Trail.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

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