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

Mr. Strong drifted in and out of music, working at Chrysler on the production line and at an automat restaurant, among other blue-collar jobs that supported his family.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2023

And Ginsburg, of Brooklyn, recalls stopping by an automat en route to piano lessons and parking herself at a table with a book.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2022

They went to the automat and used up a dollar’s worth of Bruce’s nickels.

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