Definitions

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  • noun rare A banana plantation.
  • adjective childish Of, or relating to bananas, or their flavour.

Etymologies

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banana +‎ -ery. Compare orangery.

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For banana +‎ -y, where final -ay would look like a single vowel as in tray.

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Examples

  • Emptying his mind-a Commando trick-he steps into the wet heat of his bananery, sets about picking the ripest and the best, holding up the skirt of his robe to drop them in.

    Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

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