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[ din-er-tahym ] / ˈdɪn ərˌtaɪm /
nounthe period set aside for eating dinner. Origin of dinnertime1325–75; Middle English. See dinner, time Words nearby dinnertimedinner plate, dinner ring, dinner service, dinner table, dinner theater, dinnertime, dinnerware, dino-, dinoceras, dinoflagellate, dinosaur Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dinnertimeAs dinnertime came and went, he and his wife and two young children, who had traveled to Beijing, had nothing to eat. Activist Chen Guangcheng: Let Me Leave China on Hillary Clinton’s Plane|Melinda Liu|May 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST For most of her childhood, Jenna (not her real name) spent dinnertime staring at a plate of food that she refused to touch. Pickiness: The Secret Eating Disorder Nobody’s Talking About|Nina Strochlic|March 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST There he would labour till two or three o'clock, his usual dinnertime. Sketch of Handel and Beethoven|Thomas Hanly Ball When dinnertime comes there will be a great rush for the hall, but the ceremonies of the table will be told later. Life on a Mediaeval Barony|William Stearns Davis
Indeed, the anticipations formed from a survey of our meagre sleeping accommodation were not realized at dinnertime to-night. The Lady of the Shroud|Bram Stoker Lunch was eaten from their workbenches, but the inventors reluctantly halted at dinnertime. Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X|Victor Appleton He casually looketh in about dinnertime, when the table is full. The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III|Various
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