Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COF'FEE-HOUSE
COF'FEE-HOUSE, n.
- A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation. – Prior. Swift.
- A house of entertainment; an inn; which in some cities is also an exchange where merchants meet to transact business.
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