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snackette en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsnæˈkɛt/ little snack
• /ˈsnækɛt/ shop

Etymology

From snack + -ette.

Meanings

1. A small shop selling snacks.
   • They are only strolling for ten minutes when they stumble on a snackette sandwiched between a dry-goods store and a drug store. There are many people drifting in and out of the snackette and several seated on stools […] 2014, Malcolm Alves, Roll Over, page 223:
2. A little snack.
   • […] and as over an hour and a half had passed since first brunch, Doc was keen to have a little snackette, and was first to say a definite yes. 2014, Janice Russell, A Waste of Good Weather, page 215:

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