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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated, UK, rare) A railway vending machine selling food items..
At Waterloo, at 1 a.m., an attendant was available to give change for the autobuffet (the machine for change was out of order), […] The autobuffet at Paddington was doing good business at 2 a.m., but again the change machine was out of order.
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Autobuffet means (dated, UK, rare) A railway vending machine selling food items..
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At Waterloo, at 1 a.m., an attendant was available to give change for the autobuffet (the machine for change was out of order), […] The autobuffet at Paddington was doing good business at 2 a.m., but again the change machine was out of order.
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