diner

English

/ˈdaɪnə(ɹ)/

noun
Definitions
  • One who dines.
  • A dining car in a railroad train.
  • A typically small restaurant, usually modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other, and often decorated in 195050s and 196060s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades.

Etymology

Affix from English dine.

Origin

English

dine

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