Wiktionary

autobuffet

English edit

Etymology edit

auto- +‎ buffet

Noun edit

autobuffet (plural autobuffets)

  1. (dated, UK, rare) A railway vending machine selling food items.
    • 1954 January 16, “Vending Machines”, in Billboard, page 71:
      PRR Unveils New Auto-Buffet Coach
    • 1963, Research Institute for Consumer Affairs (London, England), Essays & enquiries (issues 1-12, page 22)
      At Waterloo, at 1 a.m., an attendant was available to give change for the autobuffet (the machine for change was out of order), […] The autobuffet at Paddington was doing good business at 2 a.m., but again the change machine was out of order.
    • 2009, Roy Badami, “Re: Oh for an integrated railway”, in uk.railway (Usenet):
      I can't remember now where I saw an autobuffet sign quite recently.
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