diner
[dahy-ner]
- a person who dines.
- a railroad dining car.
- a restaurant built like such a car.
- a small, informal, and usually inexpensive restaurant.
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Origin of diner
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Related Words
bistro, saloon, booth, grill, dump, facility, canteen, concession, tearoom, lunchroom, automat, eateryExamples from the Web for diner
Contemporary Examples
During that weekend, he writes, he met a two girls in a diner.
“There are various iterations of my life out there,” says Billy Hayes, digging into his Eggs Benedict at a Manhattan diner.
The Unbelievable (True) Story of the World’s Most Infamous Hash SmugglerMarlow Stern
November 14, 2014
In the new world order where every diner is a critic, there is a lot of feigned expertise.
Still to come are Honeymoon in Vegas, Diner, The Bodyguard, Back to The Future, Beaches and so many more.
“The mission is to still make it feel like a diner,” Freitag says.
Historical Examples
If we get hungry before we reach Los Angeles, we'll patronize the diner.
Tabitha's VacationRuth Alberta Brown
I do want to ride on a train, a big train with a sleeper and a diner!
Mary Jane's City HomeClara Ingram Judson
It will surely be interesting if she carries him into the diner.
Jane Allen: CenterEdith Bancroft
When he reached the diner the steward was turning down the lights.
Agent Nine and the Jewel MysteryGraham M. Dean
Come to think of it, I did see his slicker on another chair in the diner.
Agent Nine and the Jewel MysteryGraham M. Dean
diner
- a person eating a meal, esp in a restaurant
- mainly US and Canadian a small restaurant, often at the roadside
- a fashionable bar, or a section of one, where food is served
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Word Origin and History for diner
n.
"one who dines, 1815," agent noun from dine. Meaning "railway car for eating" is 1890, American English; of restaurants built to resemble dining cars (or in some cases actual converted dining cars) from 1935. The Diner's Club credit card system dates from 1952.
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