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单词 dining and dashing
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dining and dashingn.

Brit. /ˌdʌɪnɪŋ (ə)n(d) ˈdaʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌdaɪnɪŋ ən ˈdæʃɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dining n., and conj.1, dashing n.
Etymology: < dining n. + and conj.1 + dashing n., after to dine and dash at dine v. Phrases 2. Compare earlier dine-and-dash n.
colloquial (originally North American).
The action or practice of hastily or furtively leaving a restaurant, cafe, etc., to avoid paying for one's meal.
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1989 M. Lewis Liar's Poker v. 80 Dining and dashing was not unusual in the Salomon Brothers cafeteria.
2004 Chatham (Ont.) Daily News (Electronic ed.) 20 May 2 [He] has already spent 45 days in jail for dining and dashing.
2019 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 10 May a56 We were instructed to pay in advance for the $15-a-person feed; there was no dining and dashing at this place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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