diner-out

[ dahy-ner-out ]

noun

, plural din·ers-out.

1. a person who dines out.

Word History and Origins

Origin of diner-out¹

1800–10; dine out + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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.

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That he is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner-out of the highest metre, I do most readily admit.'

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Then the Solomon of saloons, the philosophic diner-out,—these were his patrons.

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He was a great diner out, an inordinate tea-drinker, and a voracious and untidy feeder.

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Grape fruit is served as a first course (vide chapter Diner-Out) at a late breakfast or luncheon.

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