diner-out

[ dahy-ner-out ]

/ ˈdaɪ nərˈaʊt /

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noun, plural din·ers-out.

a person who dines out.

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Origin of diner-out

1800–10; dine out + -er¹

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|Mary Greer Conklin
That he is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner-out of the highest metre, I do most readily admit.'
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art|Various
Then the Solomon of saloons, the philosophic diner-out,—these were his patrons.
The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe
He was a great diner out, an inordinate tea-drinker, and a voracious and untidy feeder.
From Chaucer to Tennyson|Henry A. Beers

Grape fruit is served as a first course (vide chapter Diner-Out) at a late breakfast or luncheon.
The Complete Bachelor|Walter Germain