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cafeteria

[kaf-i-teer-ee-uh]

noun

  1. a restaurant in which patrons wait on themselves, carrying their food to tables from counters where it is displayed and served.

  2. a lunchroom or dining hall, as in a factory, office, or school, where food is served from counters or dispensed from vending machines or where food brought from home may be eaten.



cafeteria

/ ˌæɪˈɪəɪə /

noun

  1. a self-service restaurant

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cafeteria1

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; from Latin American Spanish ڱٱí “é,” Spanish cafeter(a) “coffeemaker,” from French ()پè (equivalent to é + پè feminine of -ier ); t apparently by analogy with words such as bouquپè “flower seller,” from bases ending in t ) + -í; coffee, -ier 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cafeteria1

C20: from American Spanish: coffee shop
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By 13:39 local time, there were at least 35 people in the cafeteria.

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At the Midnight Mission, fellows ate at the cafeteria that feeds hundreds a day, toured a dormitory, a soon-to-open women’s 12-step program and an education center with computers, books and musical instruments.

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But as a former cafeteria Catholic myself, I know that's not really how it works.

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A few days later, a bear tried to break into the cafeteria at Downieville High School while students were at school.

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Previously, the profits from the school’s athletic teams subsidized the losses of the campus bookstore and the cafeteria.

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