Snackette

//ˈsnækɛt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small shop selling snacks.

    "They are only strolling for ten minutes when they stumble on a snackette sandwiched between a dry-goods store and a drug store. There are many people drifting in and out of the snackette and several seated on stools […]"

  2. 2
    A little snack.

    "[…] and as over an hour and a half had passed since first brunch, Doc was keen to have a little snackette, and was first to say a definite yes."

Example

More examples

"They are only strolling for ten minutes when they stumble on a snackette sandwiched between a dry-goods store and a drug store. There are many people drifting in and out of the snackette and several seated on stools […]"

Etymology

From snack + -ette.

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