单词 | diner-out |
释义 | diner-outn. A person who dines away from home, esp. habitually, typically at dinner parties or in restaurants; (formerly) spec. one who is regularly invited as a dinner guest on account of having a reputation as a conversationalist and convivial dinner companion. Cf. dining out n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > dining-out > diner-out diner-out1808 1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Two More Lett. on Catholics vii. 21 He is..a diner out of the highest lustre. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lxxxii. 105 A brilliant diner out, though but a curate. 1862 Fraser's Mag. July 46 He was also a bon-vivant, a ‘diner-out’ and a story-teller, and a man of convivial habits. 1937 Time 11 Jan. 75/3 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. 1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. (FT Weekend section) p. XIII/1 4,000 of the capital's diners-out were questioned in a Harden's London Restaurant survey. 2011 Times 11 Jan. 47/5 He had a good deal of illness in his last years. But he remained a keen diner-out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1808 |
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