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  • noun Plural form of dinner.

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Examples

  • Without family nearby and only a couple reliable babysitters, actually being able to attend the dinners is rare.

    The New York Cork Report: 2009

  • Last year, it caused a furor when it attempted to charge $25,000 for participation in dinners (or a discounted $250,000 for 11 dinners) at publisher Katherine Weymouth's home.

    Stephanie Woodard: The New Indian Fighters: Lt. Col. McCaskill and Major WaPo Stephanie Woodard 2010

  • Last year, it caused a furor when it attempted to charge $25,000 for participation in dinners (or a discounted $250,000 for 11 dinners) at publisher Katherine Weymouth's home.

    Stephanie Woodard: The New Indian Fighters: Lt. Col. McCaskill and Major WaPo Stephanie Woodard 2010

  • Without family nearby and only a couple reliable babysitters, actually being able to attend the dinners is rare.

    Rants 2009

  • Without family nearby and only a couple reliable babysitters, actually being able to attend the dinners is rare.

    LENNDEVOURS 2009

  • One of my favorite things about going to various duck organization dinners is watching the hot raffle-ticket chicks work the room, extracting money from drunk men's wallets.

    Booth Babes 2008

  • The idea I would charge the government for lunches or dinners is an outrage.

    The Kissinger Transcripts 2005

  • The idea I would charge the government for lunches or dinners is an outrage.

    The Kissinger Transcripts 2005

  • Here the gophers frolic in the quiet summer afternoons, and steal what is left of the children's dinners from the tin pails behind the door.

    The Second Chance 1910

  • But I told Barby to put on the tea-kettle, and I will administer a composing draught as soon as it can be got ready; we don't indulge in dinners here in the wilderness.

    Queechy 1854

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