Cab"a*ret (kab"a*ret; 277), n. [F.]
A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [Obs. as an English word.]
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Cab"a*ret (?), n.
In the United States, a café or restaurant where the guests are entertained by performers who dance or sing on the floor between the tables, after the practice of a certain class of French taverns; hence, an entertainment of this nature.
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