Dinnerette
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small dinner. rare
"And he has a luxurious bachelor's first floor in Piccadilly, overlooking the Park, where he sometimes gives excellent dinnerettes, and where in the short hours he concocts country-house comedies, and dashes off love-lyrics and nonsense-verses […]"
Example
More examples"And he has a luxurious bachelor's first floor in Piccadilly, overlooking the Park, where he sometimes gives excellent dinnerettes, and where in the short hours he concocts country-house comedies, and dashes off love-lyrics and nonsense-verses […]"
Etymology
From dinner + -ette.
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