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luncheonette

/ˌlʌntʃəˈnɛt/

noun

A small diner or restaurant that serves lunch.

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automat beanery buffet cafeteria caff canteen cookhouse cookshack

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Meanings

nounluncheonette (plural luncheonettes)

plural luncheonettes

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
Synonyms: automat, beanery, buffet, cafeteria, caff, canteen, cookhouse, cookshack

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small diner or restaurant that serves lunch.

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automat beanery buffet cafeteria caff canteen cookhouse cookshack diner dining hall eateryhasheryhotel lunchroom noshery restaurant

Also see

caff diner eatery restaurant

Origin

From luncheon + -ette.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with luncheonette

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Cite this entry

APA

luncheonette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luncheonette

MLA

“luncheonette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luncheonette. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “luncheonette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luncheonette.

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