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English
Etymology
Ellipsis of coffee and cake.
Adjective
coffee-and (not comparable)
- (slang, derogatory) Cheap, second-rate.
1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Not too Far Tangent”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 23:“That coffee-an’ mac you got,” a French girl would crack to a straight one, and then it was on—hair came out by the handful, some bleached and some unbleached.
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