[Fr. estaminet, Wall. staminet, of unknown etym., by some connected with OFr. estamine: see prec.] A café in which smoking is allowed. Also attrib.
1848. Thackeray, Van. Fair, lxiv. Frequenters of billiard-rooms and estaminets.
1867. Dixon, New Amer., II. v. 42. The rascal would … play his game of dominoes at the estaminet door.
1883. Pall Mall Gaz., 13 July, 4/1. The few buildings that … form a scattering suburb—estaminets, chiefly.
