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autobuffet

autobuffet noun: a railway vending machine selling food items.

Noun

autobuffet (plural autobuffets)

  1. (UK, dated, rare) A railway vending machine selling food items.
    • PRR Unveils New Auto-Buffet Coach1954 January 16, “Vending Machines”, in Billboard, page 71
    • At Waterloo, at 1 a.m., an attendant was available to give change for the autobuffet (the machine for change was out of order), […] The autobuffet at Paddington was doing good business at 2 a.m., but again the change machine was out of order.1963, Research Institute for Consumer Affairs (London, England), Essays & enquiries (issues 1-12, page 22)

Forms of autobuffet

pluralautobuffets

Origin of autobuffet

From auto- + buffet.

Questions about autobuffet

What does autobuffet mean?
Autobuffet means a railway vending machine selling food items.
What part of speech is autobuffet?
Autobuffet is a noun.
What is the plural of autobuffet?
The plural of autobuffet is autobuffets.

Words near autobuffet in the dictionary

  1. autobrackets
  2. autobrake
  3. autobrakes
  4. autobraking
  5. autobuffering
  6. autobuffet
  7. autobuffets
  8. autobus
  9. autobuses
  10. autobusses
  11. autocab

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