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mama put

mama put  n.— «He complained to everyone in the village… how the “mama-put” ladies failed to understand his refusal to pay for a not-too-hot soup.» —“Nweke Ntioba ” by Maurice O Ene Usenet: soc...

mama put

mama put  n.— «All around the adjoining streets…market officials, colonial clerks gather in twos and threes savouring local delicacies at mama put joints littering the streets.» —“150 Years On—Memories of Slavery Re-Echoed in...

mama put

mama put  n.— «Mama-put: Road side food seller so called because customers frequently beg for extra helpings by saying “Mama abeg put more now.”» —by Babawilly Babawilly’s Dictionary of Pidgin English Words and...

mama put

mama put n. a small food stand or restaurant. Editorial Note: The etymological information in the 2001 cite has not been verified. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

bukateria

bukateria n. a cafeteria, canteen, or simple eating-place. Also buka. Editorial Note: The etymological information in the second 2002 cite has not been verified. Etymological Note: < ? buka + cafeteria (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

bukateria

bukateria  n.— «From this restaurant of the people or bukateria (from the Hausa word, buka, for eating house) as we would say in Nigeria, simple and pleasing in its decor, everywhere you looked you saw the sea.» —by Molara...

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