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Soda fountain   Listen
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Soda fountain  n.  A counter at which people may sit and be served soda pop, ice cream, or light meals. Such counters may be located for example in restaurants, ice cream shops, drugstores, departments stores.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Soda fountain" Quotes from Famous Books



... young man let the syrup stream into the glass as he smiled affably. Thinking, perhaps, to draw out the odd character, he ventured upon a jest himself, repeating a pun invented by the man who made the first soda fountain. With a sweep of his arm he cleared away the swarm of insects as he remarked, "People who like a fly ...
— The Best American Humorous Short Stories • Various

... until Tom discovered that the price, as stated on the label, was one whole dollar. They had, they decided, better uses for what little money they carried. Eventually they went inside, and sat on stools in front of the small soda fountain and drank gaily-coloured concoctions which, according to Tim, later, sounded better than they tasted. Having exhausted the amusement to be derived from the drug store, they went to the fire house next door and, pressing ...
— Left Guard Gilbert • Ralph Henry Barbour

... Laura informed the boys as the quartette left the soda fountain. "Do you care to go around with us and look at the displays ...
— The High School Pitcher - Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond • H. Irving Hancock

... no soda fountain," continued the bearded one, "I can offer you some soft drinks. I always ...
— The Submarine Boys and the Middies • Victor G. Durham

... at the Hotel Pennsylvania," said Jerry. "We had the finest bar in the world, had only been running a couple of months when prohibition come in. They turned it into a soda fountain. Ah, that was a tragedy! But this is a grand job. Government service, you see: sure pay, tony surroundings, and what you might call steady custom. Mr. Bleak is as nice a gentleman to mix 'em for as I ...
— In the Sweet Dry and Dry • Christopher Morley



Words linked to "Soda fountain" :   apparatus, setup, bar



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