chowmeinery

chowmeinery

English

Etymology

chow mein +‎ -ery

Noun

chowmeinery (plural chowmeineries)

1. (US, dated, rare) A Chinese restaurant.
   • 1931, William R. Lipman, The Night is Long (page 97)

     A flock of movie theaters, Chink chowmeineries, open-front orange juice joints, second-rate short order restaurants and cafeterias, […]

   • 1935, The New Yorker (volume 11, part 2, page 33)

     The lubratorium (a place for greasing motorcars) is marching eastward from the Pacific Coast, and with it comes the chowmeinery and the radioteria.

   • 2008, Ralph O. Cunningham, ‎Joe Ruggier, Schwanengesang: Poems (page 21)

     Chowmeineries flop out of Grant Street's hip pocket