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: a person who dines (as in a restaurant) or who is dining
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b
chiefly US
: a typically small, informal, and inexpensive restaurant that has an extensive menu and that is often made from or designed to resemble a modified railroad dining car
had lunch at a roadside diner
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Examples of diner in a Sentence
we'll just grab a quick hamburger at the local diner
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He’s worked as a chef at some high-end Southernmost City eateries, he’s owned a diner and now owns Key West Legal Rum, a distillery where he’s been making his own rum onsite since 2013.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
If that doesn’t take you back, the oldie hits piping through the diner’s speakers sure will.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2024
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
If that doesn’t take you back, the oldie hits piping through the diner’s speakers sure will.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2024
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“Diner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diner. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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diner
noun
din·er
ˈdī-nər 
1
: one that dines
2
a
b
: a restaurant in the shape of a railroad car
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