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Dictionary definition of “wingery”

wingery

n. a restaurant that specializes in serving spicy hot chicken wings. Subjects: ,
Editorial Note: Thanks to Charles Doyle for bringing this term to our attention.
Citations: 1989 Garrison Keillor We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters (Mar. 15) p. 60: One night, arriving or dinner at The Buffalo Wingery, Rob and Nancy ran into Randy and Sue sitting at the bar. 1993 [Doug Evans] Usenet: rec.sport.football.pro (July 23) “Re: Bills Boosters in LA/San Diego?”: The Atomic Wings Wingery was started by a UB grad with help from Duffs. 1995 Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) (Dec. 6) “Just wing it Spur-of-the-moment snack idea now hot item in bars, eateries” p. C1: The Wingery buffalo wings. 2001 John Lehndorff Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) (Jan. 26) “Hot Stuff A Chicken Wing Tasting—Just In Time For The Super Bowl” p. 13D: With great expectations we sampled four varieties of wings at this award-winning wingery and were suitably impressed. This is the real deal: big, fresh, meaty wings and drumettes immersed in boiling oil until crisped and soaked in various sauces. 2006 Emily Rea Encore Online (Wilmington, North Carolina) (Nov. 15) “WOW Cafe and Wingery: Get your WOW on at the new World of Wings”: Our destination: the brand new WOW Cafe and Wingery next to Mayfaire Cinemas. The “WOW” we learned stands for “World of Wings.”…We discovered that WOW’s menus had little WOWs next to select items which “denote a WOW favorite”—and, of course, that “wingery” is just a really fun word to say. 2007 Brave Sir Robin Bastard Sons of Pinfall Marks (Morgantown, West Virginia) (Mar. 22) “Wolfpack Boobies”: I just returned home from watching a little of the Kansas game at my favorite bar and wingery.

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