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diner

[dahy-ner]

noun

  1. a person who dines.

  2. a railroad dining car.

  3. a restaurant built like such a car.

  4. a small, informal, and usually inexpensive restaurant.



diner

/ ˈ岹ɪə /

noun

  1. a person eating a meal, esp in a restaurant

  2. a small restaurant, often at the roadside

  3. a fashionable bar, or a section of one, where food is served

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of diner1

First recorded in 1800–10; dine + -er 1
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He did his reading at a diner counter.

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A place where everybody knows your name My family and I love to go to this small diner in the Valley called Millie’s.

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He said he once drove Combs, who had three handguns on his lap, to a Los Angeles diner looking for Knight, the rap mogul.

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"A lot of people used to come over and say 'we're here for the view'," she says of Canadian diners.

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Cortez lives two blocks away and knows the sight is a deterrent for potential diners, especially those still traumatized by the fire.

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