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schweizeri

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Affix of schweizer- (Swizz) +‎ -eri (-ery). From the immigrating Swiss pâtissiers who started these businesses.

Noun

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schweizeri n

  1. (chiefly 19–20th century) a type of cafe and patisserie that serves alcohol
    Hypernyms: café, kafé, konditori
    Holonym: utskänkningsställe
    • 1846, Wilhelm von Braun, Bror. Poetisk kalender[1], page 236:
      I schweizeriet stå äfven ett par hundra buteljer punch.
      In the swizz café, there are also a couple of hundred bottles of punch.
    • 1884, Arvid Axelsson, Svarta och hvita streck[2], page 166:
      Då och då hände visserligen, att någon, som såg honom sitta ensam på ett schweizeri och tömma det ena glaset efter det andra []
      It did happen from time to time, however, that someone who saw him sitting alone at a Swiss café, emptying one glass after another []

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