din-dinn.
/ˈdɪndɪn/ colloquial.
Dinner.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > main meal or dinner
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dinnerc1325
dinea1425
Christmas dinner1581
Sunday dinner1602
corporation dinner1732
Russian dinner1805
boiled dinner1823
pickup1848
Robin Dinner1877
course-dinner1895
shore dinner1895
din-din1905
gala dinner1934
TV dinner1952
working dinner1956
steak dinnera1964
1905 E. M. Forster Where Angels fear to Tread ii. 47 ‘Din-din's nearly ready,’ said Lilia.
1920 P. G. Wodehouse Summer Lightning xiii. 265 ‘Come along, Carmody. Din~dins.’ Hugo had sunk into a chair. ‘I don't want any dinner,’ he said, dully.
1957 E. Taylor Angel v. 220 Must be time for dindins, madam.
1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights 113 If you get captured with one you'll get a few days no din-din.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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