| 单词 | dine-and-dash customer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdine-and-dash customer An instance of hastily or furtively leaving a restaurant, cafe, etc., in order to avoid paying for one's meal; frequently as a modifier, as in dine-and-dash customer, dine-and-dash incident, etc. Also as mass noun: the action or practice of doing this. ΚΠ 1981 D. Mackay Nantucket! Nantucket! Nantucket! 28 After a lobster roll dine-and-dash at Captain Tobey's Chowder House, he boarded the Catherine Tek just as she sailed. 1996 Province (Vancouver) (Electronic ed.) 8 July a18 Bob Stall provided an account of a typical dine-and-dash incident. A couple who could obviously afford to pay for their sumptuous meal chose not to, darting out the door when their waitress wasn't looking. 2017 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 7 July As for those who tell themselves that dine and dash is a victimless crime, it is not. 2020 Targeted News Service (Nexis) 9 July A traveler can probably get away with a dine-and-dash at a restaurant in a town they will never visit again. < as lemmas |
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