dinner party

noun

: a party at which dinner is served
She hosted a dinner party at her apartment.

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But most importantly, for this group of hungry epicureans, the food looks and feels like a 19th century dinner party from the French film The Taste of Things. Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 Carol Channing reduced Shalit to tears of laughter with her tale of a London dinner party with Lady Astor and Sir Benjamin Harrison by imitating the latter. Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026 The best oyster plates give your dinner party or humble happy hour a sense of elegance once reserved for reservation-only raw bars and catered soirées. Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 9 June 2026 Among the most delightful episodes of English-language biography is Boswell’s account of an improbable dinner party in the fateful year of 1776 that was attended by the hyper-radical Wilkes and the reactionary Samuel Johnson, who became and stayed friends. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dinner party

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“Dinner party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinner%20party. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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