In front of the estaminet was our "listening post," where we kept watch and guard at night. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire] Reference
A Staff Officer, rubbing sleep from his eyes, emerged from a little "estaminet" and gave the Colonel the necessary orders. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
However, later in the day, after dark, I went to a local 'estaminet' in a nearby wood, obviously without a hat. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
We had ours in an estaminet -- coffee, omelette, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from France] Reference
Stop 5: An estaminet in Poziers for a drink & a snack. From Wordnik.com. [A Visit to the Western Front] Reference
You remember the little French girl at the estaminet? '. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow and the Rose]
The other man has gone to another estaminet and so I am sleeping alone. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from France] Reference
I and my section had drawn up opposite what had once been an estaminet. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
The estaminet attached sold very bad red wine at twelve francs a bottle. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
So we continued on our own for another mile and a half, past the estaminet at. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
We had dinner at an estaminet -- quite a good dinner, but a mad female served us. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from France] Reference
Achille's shop wasn't a café or an estaminet or a buvette or anny o 'thim places. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 5, 1919] Reference
The estaminet had been shelled to destruction half an hour after the Brigade had moved. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
After the dirty estaminet, and the feverish hurry of the Clearing Hospital, this was indeed Peace. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
The fact that there is not an estaminet within five kilometres nullifies its value as a military objective. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 11, 1919] Reference
I took his advice, and having left all my tackle by his office, went into the nearest estaminet to get some breakfast. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
The mairie was on the other side of the street from the estaminet. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce] Reference
As we stopped at the door of the estaminet Lt. - Col. (Canon) Frederick. From Wordnik.com. [On the Fringe of the Great Fight] Reference
I went to dine this evening in an estaminet in the Faubourg St. Antoine. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris] Reference
Well I happened to drop into a estaminet here yesterday and that's kind of. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Dope] Reference
He suddenly came across the lighted window of a small estaminet, and went in. From Wordnik.com. [The Martian] Reference
A table was brought out from an estaminet nearby and placed in front of the steps. From Wordnik.com. [The Great War As I Saw It] Reference
A group of soldiers were lounging on the stone seat in front of the village estaminet. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce] Reference
Plume, and said he was most desirous to drink a cup of wine with me in the next estaminet. From Wordnik.com. [La Vendée] Reference
We scrambled ashore and entered an estaminet where some sorry fellows were drinking with the landlord. From Wordnik.com. [An Inland Voyage] Reference
One merely stumbles over the cobbles and sees the woman who keeps the estaminet round the corner washing the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Mufti] Reference
I have only found one which boasts of any sort of room besides the estaminet; it was the Hotel des Trois Marie at Argentan. From Wordnik.com. [Normandy, Illustrated, Complete] Reference
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