automat

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2024

In 1981, the Horn & Hardart Baking Company in Philadelphia filed for bankruptcy, while the New York Horn & Hardart Company began converting some of its automat locations into Burger Kings.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

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

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

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