Dinnery

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to dinner; resembling dinner. informal

    "“For with an invalid so much depends on tranquillity. In the drawing-room, for instance, she might constantly be disturbed by callers; and the dining-room is so—so what shall I call it? so dinnery,—the smell of meals never seems to leave it; it would have been different if dear papa had allowed me to throw out that window—”"

Example

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"“For with an invalid so much depends on tranquillity. In the drawing-room, for instance, she might constantly be disturbed by callers; and the dining-room is so—so what shall I call it? so dinnery,—the smell of meals never seems to leave it; it would have been different if dear papa had allowed me to throw out that window—”"

Etymology

From dinner + -y.

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