coffee shop
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coffee shop
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From coffee + shop. Sense 2 is from Dutch coffeeshop, a pseudo-anglicism of this term.
noun coffee shops · coffee-shop · coffeeshop
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A small café or restaurant typically selling light refreshments along with coffee-based drinks.
He went to the nearby coffee shop with his friends.
Similar: café, coffeehouse, diner
- A café-like establishment selling marijuana in the Netherlands.
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Synonym of kopitiam (“traditional eatery”).
Similar: kopitiam
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see coffee, shop.
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