| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| estaminet |
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| SYLLABICATION: | es·ta·mi·net |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -stä m -n  |
| NOUN: | A small café. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, probably from Walloon èstaminê, staminê, cowshed, little café, probably from stamen, post to which a cow is tied at the feeding trough, probably of Germanic origin. See st- in Appendix I.
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