Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is in the habit of dining from home, and in company; one who accepts many invitations to dinner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company.
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Examples
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Liza Littlehawk for The Wall Street Journal Chicago's Topolobampo, an Obama favorite As far as we could determine, Sen. McCain is a regular-guy diner-out, happy to follow Arizona custom with a Tex-Mex combo platter but also loyal to the modestly adventurous gourmet food available near his ranch in the high desert north of Phoenix.
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As a frequent visitor to your country and perforce a frequent diner-out, I admit to being "stumped," as we say in Australia (where, incidentally, much of our beef is grass-fed).
A Schism among Bison Farmers Chelminski, Julie North 2007
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A miserly diner-out who decided to stage a dinner borrowed Clouet from the duke “to prepare and superintend” the meal.
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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A miserly diner-out who decided to stage a dinner borrowed Clouet from the duke “to prepare and superintend” the meal.
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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Cast in a form appropriate to the recollections of a diner-out, they still lead one to ask such questions as: What is art?
Art & Life With the Rich Wollheim, Richard 1975
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I never believe a statement made by a too-accurate man one bit more quickly than one made by a genial, entertaining diner-out.
From a Girl's Point of View Lilian Bell
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Munden was a willing diner-out, and his conviviality made him a welcome guest at any board.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 Various
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He possesses two valuable qualifications in a diner-out -- an excellent appetite, and a habit of eating fast, consequently the meal is soon over.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 Various
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A diner-out must be able to hold his own in a conversation in which all sorts of distant, as well as near, contributors take part.
Conversation What to Say and How to Say it Mary Greer Conklin
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Particularly has the soup-spoon its Scylla and Charybdis, and if a careless eater make a hissing sound as he eats his soup, the well-bred diner-out looks round with dismay.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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