diner-out

American  

[dahy-ner-out] / ˈdaɪ nərˈaʊt /

noun

plural

diners-out

1. a person who dines out.

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Etymology

Origin of diner-out

1800–10; dine out + -er ¹

Example Sentences

In term-time Walter Starkie is professor of Spanish literature in Dublin University, a director of the Abbey Theatre, the most indefatigable diner-out in Dublin, with a finger in every literary, academic and musical pie.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Vice President is the administration's prime diner-out.

From Time Magazine Archive

He preferred teaching the lads cricket to shooting with the squire, and he was a poor diner-out.

From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

Boswell, with all his experience, never attained the mellow Sadduceeism of the diner-out.

From James Boswell Famous Scots Series by Leask, W. Keith (William Keith)

I believe the reason at the bottom is that R. B. is a clever London diner-out, etc., while A. T. holds aloof from the newspaper men, etc.

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various