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   dinner (?), n. [F. dîner, fr. dîner to dine. See Dine.]
   1. The principal meal of the day, eaten in some countries about midday, but in others (especially in the U. S. and in large cities) at a later hour.
   
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   2. An entertainment; a feast.
   
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   A grand political dinner. Tennyson.
   
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   ☞ Dinner is much used, in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, dinner time, or dinner-time, dinner bell, dinner hour, etc.
   
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