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dairy lunch en · NOUN

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1. (US, historical) An establishment serving light, ready-made food and drink, such as sandwiches, soup, and donuts. Mostly limited to early 20th century US.
   • A newspaper man ran across the street the other day to a dairy lunch. He was in a hurry. He leaned against the marble counter and ordered a lamb stew. 1916 March 11, “Sense and Nonsense”, in Saturday Evening Post:
   • He wolfed down a sandwich and coffee from the dairy lunch across the street before hurrying back to work.

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Relateds

milk bar · ploughman's lunch · dairy bar