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单词 diner-out
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diner-outn.

Brit. /ˌdʌɪnərˈaʊt/, U.S. /ˌdaɪnərˈaʊt/
Inflections: Plural diners-out, diner-outs.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: diner n., out adv.
Etymology: < diner n. + out adv., after to dine out at dine v. Phrasal verbs.
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.
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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).
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