caféteria

plural caféterias

1. uncommonUncommon spelling of cafeteria.

   The lunch room will feed 1,800 students, boys and girls separately, in 30 minutes, on the caféteria plan.

   1917, The Heating and Ventilating Magazine, volume 14, page 27, column 2

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   The general arrangement of our mess hall, scullery, and kitchen made it easy to provide for a caféteria service.

   1915, United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 9, number 3, page 427

   The caféteria and kitchen are in the basement, which, since the land falls away in the rear, is entirely open to light and air.

   1916, The Craftsman, volume 25, page 573

   A lunch room recently equipped by the Students’ Association at the Harvard Medical School has been turned over to the Union to be operated on the caféteria plan.

   1917, Women’s Educational and Industrial Union, Annual Report, page 36

   Bonuses, rest rooms, showers, caféterias, etc. are hardly known to exist, and a large percentage of the public feels that a mill is a place where an employe works long hours of back-breaking work for small wages and under very poor working conditions.

   1920, Textile World Journal, volume 56, page 30, column 4

   A distinctive type of lighting fitting has been put on the market by Messrs. Harcourts, Ltd., which is particularly suitable for restaurants, cafés, quick-lunch bars, caféterias, etc.

   1935, Illuminating Engineering Society, Light and Lighting and Environmental Design, volume 28, page 246