"chowmeinery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chowmeineries [plural]
Etymology: 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
    Sense id: en-chowmeinery-en-noun-ODNa-nSy Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery

Inflected forms

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