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dinner

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

din·ner / ˈdinər/ • n. the main meal of the day, taken either around midday or in the evening. ∎ a formal evening meal, typically one in honor of a person or event.

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dinner

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

dinner XIII. — (O)F., sb. use of diner DINE.

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dinner

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

dinner •beginner, Berliner, Corinna, dinner, grinner, inner, Jinnah, sinner, skinner, spinner, thinner, winner •echidna •Krishna, Mishnah, Ramakrishna •vintner • prisoner • Pilsner •Kitchener • Modena • bargainer •imaginer •Elinor, Helena •milliner •examiner, stamina •epiphenomena, phenomena, prolegomena •alumina, noumena, numina •determiner •mariner, submariner •foreigner • larcener • Porsena •patina • retina • Pristina •Herzegovina • breadwinner •prizewinner •angina, assigner, china, consignor, decliner, definer, Dinah, diner, diviner, forty-niner, hardliner, incliner, Indo-China, liner, maligner, Medina, miner, minor, mynah, recliner, refiner, Regina, Salina, Shekinah, shiner, signer, South Carolina, Steiner, twiner, vagina, whiner •headliner • jetliner • airliner •mainliner • eyeliner • moonshiner •Landsteiner • Niersteiner •Liechtensteiner

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