automat

Example Sentences

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In 1902, Horn & Hardart opened the first automat in Philadelphia.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2024

AP: In “Asteroid City,” you combined an interest in really disparate ideas — the ’50s theater of Sam Shepard with the automat.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

The last Philadelphia automat, in suburban Bala Cynwyd, closed in 1990; the last New York location, at the corner of Third Avenue and 42nd Street, closed in 1991.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

During the Great Depression, an automat was a warm haven where you could sit all day sipping coffee for a nickel.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2022

From breakfast at the automat they went to laundry at the laundromat.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg