"chowmeinery" meaning in All languages combined

See chowmeinery on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: chowmeineries [plural]
Etymology: From chow mein + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|chow mein|ery}} chow mein + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} chowmeinery (plural chowmeineries)
  1. (US, dated, rare) A Chinese restaurant. Tags: US, dated, rare

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1931, William R. Lipman, The Night is Long, page 97",
          "text": "A flock of movie theaters, Chink chowmeineries, open-front orange juice joints, second-rate short order restaurants and cafeterias, […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1935, The New Yorker (volume 11, part 2, page 33)",
          "text": "The lubratorium (a place for greasing motorcars) is marching eastward from the Pacific Coast, and with it comes the chowmeinery and the radioteria."
        },
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          "ref": "2008, Ralph O. Cunningham, Joe Ruggier, Schwanengesang: Poems, page 21",
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