automat

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Borrowed from German Automat, as the system was originally developed in Germany in the late 19th c. Doublet of automaton.

Go get us a couple of slabs of pie at the automat, and then I'll go over to see Breit at the booking office." — Blue-grass and Broadway, Maria Thompson Daviess
To Father there were only two kinds of tea--the kind you got for a nickel at the Automat, and the kind that Mother privately consumed. — The Innocents: A Story for Lovers, Sinclair Lewis
Under Mich'l's guidance the car moved forward silently, through interminable busy streets with arched roofs, lined on either side with doors that led to homes, theaters and food distributing automats. — Astounding Stories, August, 1931, Various

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