Synonyms for diners


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dahy-ner
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ nər

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Définition of diners

Origin :
  • "one who dines, 1815," agent noun from dine. Meaning "railway car for eating" is 1890, American English; of restaurants built to resemble dining cars (or in some cases actual converted dining cars) from 1935. The Diner's Club credit card system dates from 1952.
  • noun casual restaurant with varied menu
Example sentences :
  • There were several women among the diners, and several clerks and shopmen.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • It was early for diners, and they found a small table in a retired corner.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Diners at other tables caught glimpses of him while they ate.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • Their table was in one corner, and Nancy sat with her back to the other diners.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Despatch » by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
  • The gloom of his manner spread over the diners like a cloud.
  • Extract from : « The Secret of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • Uncover your bread; see that all diners have knife, spoon, and napkin.
  • Extract from : « Early English Meals and Manners » by Various
  • As eighty dinners were paid for I infer there were eighty diners.
  • Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle
  • And at each head the diners, raising their glasses, drank to his health.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 10 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
  • She had left with the wagon that hauled her dog to the place of trial, the other diners said.
  • Extract from : « Frank of Freedom Hill » by Samuel A. Derieux
  • Between mouthfuls of soup and wedges of beef the diners were watching us.
  • Extract from : « Poor Folk in Spain » by Jan Gordon
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