diner

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din·er | \ ˈdī-nər

Definition of diner

1 : a person who dines (as in a restaurant) or who is dining

2a : dining car

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

Recent Examples on the Web Here author Aria Beth Sloss writes a harrowing thank-you to a quick-thinking diner at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, where her husband is chef and co-owner. — Aria Beth Sloss, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2022 So Daniel Mainor, a frequent diner at Anchorage restaurants, teamed up with a young but experienced Anchorage chef. — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2022 Opened in 1942 by Freda and Hymie Sckolnick, Beautys is a sparkling white-tile and chrome diner with sensational blue banquettes. — Nathan Englander, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2022 There are a total of five restaurants that run the gamut from a sophisticated fine diner helmed by chef Jeraí Miranda to a Teppanyaki joint that pairs classic Japanese and Southeast Asian techniques with local ingredients and styles. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2022 On Thursday, Alex McCoy, the chef and owner of Washington's Lucky Buns, got a call from a diner who had just tested positive for the coronavirus. — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2021 On hot, sticky days, Ms. Chan, the owner, treats customers to slices of watermelon or thick slabs of Cantonese-style French toast from the open-air diner next door. — New York Times, 20 June 2021 In one along Dixie Highway, a 1950s-era Greyhound bus is depicted pulling away from an old fashioned diner that looks inviting enough to draw hungry motorists off the road. — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2020 Production designer Alex DiGerlando recreated the iconic Soho diner, and Miranda called on his Rolodex of Broadway legends in the ultimate gift to theater lovers. — Shalini Dore, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022 See More

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