dinnertable

Definitions

Uncommon form of dinner table.

form-of, uncommon

Examples

“John. Up there. Robert. At the dinnertable? (Pause.) You mean⟳ up there around the dinnertable, or up upon the stage⟳? (Pause.) John. In the house. Robert. Around the dinnertable?”

“Even women he met at society parties looked at him across dinnertables in an inviting manner, sometimes even slipping their place⟳ cards into his pocket with their telephone numbers hastily scribbled on them.[…]He even began to enjoy⟳ dinnertable conversation, as it was a way of spreading the word on his ever increasing art collection.”

“At the Nugent tribal dinnertable we think⟳ of fastfood as a mallard or quail, garlic’d and buttered to perfection.[…]We talk⟳ each night before bed, do chores together, have⟳ great daily reviews at the dinnertable throughout the year, and I make⟳ sure we spend⟳ as much quality, heart-to-heart time together as possible.[…]Maybe that’s one of the reasons a hunting family feels so much better connected to the precious food that feeds us at our dinnertables.[…]This killing game for the dinnertable is serious stuff, and I, for one, will never let⟳ its impact be diminished.”

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