dinnertime
[din-er-tahym]
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noun
the period set aside for eating dinner.
Origin of dinnertime
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Contemporary Examples of dinnertime
As dinnertime came and went, he and his wife and two young children, who had traveled to Beijing, had nothing to eat.
For most of her childhood, Jenna (not her real name) spent dinnertime staring at a plate of food that she refused to touch.
Historical Examples of dinnertime
He told me I must come at dinnertime, and I promised to do so.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
By dinnertime Rockywold looked like a Saratoga hotel durin' the racin' season.
Shorty McCabeSewell Ford
He casually looketh in about dinnertime, when the table is full.
It was dinnertime, so I looked down to see how much more I had to do.
Real Ghost StoriesWilliam T. Stead
So from then on until dinnertime our couple had all the chance in the world.
Torchy, Private Sec.Sewell Ford