caff

(kæf)

a slang word for café

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Noun

caff - informal British term for a cafe

cafe, coffee bar, coffee shop, coffeehouse - a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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café

caff

[ˈkæf] n (British) → snack-bar m, snack m

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caff

n (Brit inf) → Café nt

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