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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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We had, in fact, met at a diner just blocks from his apartment.

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The Tesla diner slated to open in Hollywood will be run by Eric Greenspan, a longtime Los Angeles chef, a Tesla investor announced this week.

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It’s a sweet plan, but not as sweet as the crullers that the diner waitress brings out for the plotting pair: a glazed cruller for Dave and a chocolate one for Nancy.

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Musk began planning the Tesla café in 2022, when his company first submitted documents to the city of Los Angeles for a diner that would operate 24 hours a day in Hollywood.

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China's biggest hotpot chain Haidilao has offered to compensate more than 4,000 diners who visited one of its Shanghai branches, where two teens urinated into their hotpot broth.

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