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Word Meanings - BUFFET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

perh. fr. the same source as E. buffet a blow, the root meaning to 1. A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard. Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride Turns

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perh. fr. the same source as E. buffet a blow, the root meaning to 1. A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard. Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride Turns you from sound philosophy aside. Pope. 2. A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.

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    One who inflicts punishment.
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