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Answer for the clue "Bar providing energy ", 9 letters:
estaminet
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Word definitions for estaminet in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small café or bar.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1814, from French, "a café in which smoking is allowed" (17c.), of unknown origin; some suggest a connection to French estamine , a type of open woolen fabric used for making sieves, etc., from Latin stamineus "made of thread." Or [Watkins] from Walloon ...
Usage examples of estaminet.
Burbure and Busnes, and in both places the mesdemoiselles and the estaminets were a source of real delight to the men of the 7th.
Encountering no resistance or interference from either police or soldiery, the Communards used their rifle butts to smash the furniture, bottles and glassware in a few of the German-serving cafés and estaminets, then beat a number of prostitutes nearly to death, but refrained even from scolding any of the women's pimps, the pimps being known to carry knives or razors.