chez (from www.wordsmith.org)
PRONUNCIATION: (shay)
MEANING: At the place of. (for example, at the home of, business of, etc.)
ETYMOLOGY:From French chez, from Latin casa (cottage). The word is often used in the names of restaurants, for example, Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California.
"Then there was a debauched evening in Richmond chez Nicky Haslam, of which the less said the better."
-- Jessica Brinton; People Like Them; The Sunday Times (London, UK); Oct 26, 2008.
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