dinner ring

American  

[din-er ring] / ˈdɪn ər ˌrɪŋ /

noun

1. a woman’s ring for special occasions, typically with a large, ornate setting.

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Etymology

Origin of dinner ring

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

"Quick, tear off your glove and let me have that diamond ring I noticed on your finger, the large solitaire, not the dinner ring."

From The Voice on the Wire by Ball, Eustace Hale

We'll have a bit of dinner; ring up your maid; get her to meet you with some things, and go off by the night mail.

From Second Plays by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)

She had a dinner ring that crowded the second knuckle, and on her plump wrist sparkled an oblong so encrusted with diamonds that its utilitarian dial was almost lost.

From Half Portions by Ferber, Edna

He heard the bell of dinner ring without stirring; and when some of us pulled out our private stores—our cold meat and our salads—he produced none, and seemed to want none.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles