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predinner

  • a word derived from dinner.
    dinner
    noun
    the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.

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Guests in tuxedos and gowns entered the hotel through checkpoints on the surrounding streets by showing a dinner ticket or a copy of an invite to one of several predinner receptions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Now, my mom wraps spears in prosciutto to broil for a predinner snack, which my nephew especially loves.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023

And thanks to a 17-second pitch clock, noon games finish in time for a predinner nap.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2021

Now, instead of shift meals during the predinner lull, workers take turns ordering delivery and eat underground.

From The Verge ● Sep. 13, 2021

First, he made a big batch of wojapi, then a predinner tea, infused with wild hyssop leaves and sweetened with a little maple syrup.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2016