snackette

English

Etymology

snack +‎ -ette

Pronunciation
  • (shop) IPA(key): /ˈsnækɛt/
  • (little snack) IPA(key): /ˌsnæˈkɛt/

Noun

snackette (plural snackettes)

  1. A small shop selling snacks.
    • 2014, Malcolm Alves, Roll Over, page 223:
      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. A little snack.
    • 2014, Janice Russell, A Waste of Good Weather, page 215:
      […] 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.
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