Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An inexpensive restaurant or café.

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  • noun An inexpensive restaurant or cafe; bistro.

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Examples

  • Ooo, beans could get no keener reception in a beanery

    The People Of Lewes Newmania 2008

  • Even in the United States of America, land of equality, when a girl who works in a shop or a beanery or does laundry, for a good example, gets a little forward, you take it in a different way than you would from a girl of money and fancy family who you meet somewhere official.

    The One in White 2004

  • Even in the United States of America, land of equality, when a girl who works in a shop or a beanery or does laundry, for a good example, gets a little forward, you take it in a different way than you would from a girl of money and fancy family who you meet somewhere official.

    The One in White 2004

  • Bill Dugan snapped these pictures of crazy, ranting, wordy signs on a farm in Oklahoma in 1992 -- they're a kind of anti-Burma-shave ad, with neither rhyme nor wit to distract us from their glorious tinfoil beanery.

    Boing Boing: March 14, 2004 - March 20, 2004 Archives 2004

  • The weekday beanery has long been a staple for downtown workers, but the years have taken their toll on the owners.

    Seeking a Second Source Randy Smith 2006

  • This is not what i had planned for my Saturday, so i figure i'll go to my local non corporate beanery, get some coffee and write some code.

    Archive 2006-01-01 hyperdave 2006

  • "I am honored that Starbucks has chosen my book, and I am proud to support any effort that helps bring people together to read," Albom declared in a statement released by the beanery company.

    Starbucks Inks 'Tuesdays' Author As Donald Eyes More Media 2006

  • This is not what i had planned for my Saturday, so i figure i'll go to my local non corporate beanery, get some coffee and write some code.

    Since i'm down in the dumps... let's visit Ghost Manor! hyperdave 2006

  • The weekday beanery has long been a staple for downtown workers, but the years have taken their toll on the owners.

    Archive 2006-03-12 Randy Smith 2006

  • But thinking that he would not need to return to the hotel before 11: 30 the next day, he wandered into an all-night beanery to have a cup of coffee and some pie.

    An American Tragedy 2004

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