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luncheonettes

luncheonettes is the plural of luncheonette.

Meaning of luncheonette

Noun

luncheonette (plural luncheonettes)

  1. A small diner or restaurant that serves lunch.
    • He talked up an acquaintance with a waitress in a luncheonette, made a date to take her driving in his Cadillac that afternoon, and came back to wake me with the news.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 8, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 3

Questions about luncheonettes

What is luncheonettes the plural of?
Luncheonettes is the plural of luncheonette.

Words near luncheonettes in the dictionary

  1. luncheon vouchers
  2. luncheoned
  3. luncheoner
  4. luncheoners
  5. luncheonette
  6. luncheonettes
  7. luncheoning
  8. luncheonless
  9. luncheons
  10. luncheonware
  11. luncher

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