What is dinner?

Dinner

Dinner is usually the name of the main meal of the day. Depending upon culture, dinner may be the second, third or fourth meal of the day. Originally, though, it referred to the first meal of the day, eaten around noon, and is still occasionally used for a noontime meal, if it is a large or main meal.

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Famous quotes containing the word dinner:

    “At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.”
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)

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