dinner service
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Fearful she might accidentally break a dish, Ms. Gulati had not removed the dinner service from her attic in years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Should they reopen for dinner service, giving their team much-needed hours and offering the business a financial boost?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025
Toward the end of the dinner service, she said, was when she heard the senator’s future wife ask: “What else can the love of my life do for you?”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
These are opulent occasions, with diplomacy fuelled by fine dining, using a 19th Century dinner service with more than 4,000 pieces.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2023
We were between the lunch and dinner shifts, so the place was empty except for a few cooks preparing for dinner service.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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