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▪ I. diner|ˈdaɪnə(r)|
[f. dine v. + -er.]
1. a. One who dines; a dinner-guest.
1815L. Hunt Feast of Poets 8 The diners and barmaids all crowded to know him. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. ii, After the regular diners had retired. 1881Harper's Mag. LXIII. 218 Dinners are far fewer than formerly, and the diners are chosen rather more exclusively.
b. diner-out: one who is in the habit of dining from home; esp. one who cultivates the qualities which make him an eligible guest at dinner-tables.
1807–8Syd. Smith Plymley's Lett. Wks. 1859 II. 162/1 He is..a diner out of the highest lustre. 1824Byron Juan xvi. lxxxii, A brilliant diner out, though but a curate. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh iv. Poems 1890 VI. 154 A liberal landlord, graceful diner-out. 1862Fraser's Mag. July 46 He was also a bon-vivant, a ‘diner-out’ and a story-teller, and a man of convivial habits.
2. a. U.S. A railway dining car.
1890Commercial Gaz. (Cincinnati) 29 June, One coach, the chaircar, sleeper and diner..overturned. 1894Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 3 Jan., A new dining car which..is the first diner..built by that company.
b. A restaurant, orig. and still occasionally one built to resemble a railway dining-car. N. Amer.
1935Amer. Mercury July 311/2 The diner was back from the sidewalk, under a couple of big trees. 1960Weekend Mag. 23 Apr. 42/2 My own test began at a roadside diner..over coffee. 1965New Statesman 5 Nov. 713/1 These diners are roughly equivalent to our pull-ups and the French relais routiers before they were turned into haunts of gastronomic fashion. The first ‘diners’ were old Pullman dining-cars sold off by railway companies and I was amused to see that the newest ones, specially built, attempt to imitate the dining-cars.
3. Special Comb.: Diners' Club orig. U.S., a proprietary name for an international organization providing personal charge cards for its members; also attrib.
1952N.Y. Times 6 Jan. ii. 19/4 Anyone who can sign his name and pay his bills can charge his way through some of the better hotels, restaurants and night clubs of the country under a new credit card system known as the *Diners Club. 1956Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 19 June tm135/2 Hamilton Credit Corporation, New York,{ddd}now The Diners' Club, Inc.{ddd}the Diners' Club... For extension of credit to customers who purchase at subscribing retail establishments and making collections from such customers through a central billing system. 1961A. Buchwald How much is that in Dollars? (1962) i. 10 There isn't any special evacuation plan for Diners' Club members, is there? 1969‘R. Stark’ Blackbird (1970) v. 34 Murray looked at his watch..and began waving his Diners Club card for the check. 1979F. E. Perry Dict. Banking 58/1 The best known cards in the U.K. are Barclaycard, Access, Diner's Club and American Express... Diner's Club and American Express charge an entrance fee, but allow unlimited credit, to be paid for on receipt of the account.
Add:[2.] c. See kitchen-diner s.v. kitchen n. 5 f.
▪ II. diner(e
obs. forms of dinner. |