milk bar
See also: milkbar
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Noun
milk bar (plural milk bars)
- (Australia) A convenience store.
- A small shop and/or cafe, often part of a larger shop, that sells fast food and a range of dairy based beverages such as milkshakes and ice creams; a deli or delicatessen.
- 1972, The Australian, quoted in 1988, Lois E. Foster, David Stockley, Australian Multiculturalism: A Documentary History and Critique, page 211,
- As one immigration man put it, “More pofessional migrants — and especially teachers — from countries like Italy and Yugoslavia would help to dispel the idea some Australians still have that the only migrants we get from these countries are milk-bar owners or greengrocers.”
- 2008, Anna Krien, Turning off the Lights, Delia Falconer (editor), The Best Australian Stories 2008, page 131,
- Once he was at the milk bar, trying to buy cigarettes with an old bus ticket even though he didn′t smoke. Mum was upset about the cigarettes and the milk-bar man was angry about the bus ticket Dad was shoving into his hand.
- 2009, Andrew Bain, Ethan Gelber, Cycling Australia, Lonely Planet, page 153,
- There′s another ATM at the newsagent, although Eftpos is possible at the milk bar and Maldon Pharmacy, both on Main St.
- 1944, Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave (revised ed., London 1955), p. 55.
- Today the State shows a benevolent face to Culture-Diffusion but to those who produce culture no trace of sympathy or indulgence, with the result that we are becoming a nation of commentators, of critics and hack-explainers, most of whom are ex-artists. Everything for the Milk-bar, nothing for the cow!
- 1972, The Australian, quoted in 1988, Lois E. Foster, David Stockley, Australian Multiculturalism: A Documentary History and Critique, page 211,
Synonyms
(small store):
- bodega
- convenience store
- corner store
- See also Thesaurus:retail store
(small cafe):
- dairy bar
- ice cream parlor
- delicatessen
- soda fountain
- soda shop
- malt shop
Descendants
- French: bar laitier