autobuffet
nounEtymology From auto- + buffet.
- PRR Unveils New Auto-Buffet Coach1954 January 16, “Vending Machines”, in Billboard, page 71:
- 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.1963, Research Institute for Consumer Affairs (London, England), Essays & enquiries (issues 1-12, page 22)
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- I can't remember now where I saw an autobuffet sign quite recently.2009, Roy Badami, “Re: Oh for an integrated railway”, in uk.railway (Usenet):