all-you-can-eat
adjective/ˌɔːl juː kən ˈiːt/
/ˌɔːl juː kən ˈiːt/
- relating to a restaurant meal at which you can eat as much food as you want for a fixed price
- Most of the restaurants offer an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Word Origin1940s: earliest use found in Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald (a newspaper in Brownville, Texas). From all you can eat (followed by a price), a slogan in restaurant advertisements.
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