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dine and dashes

dine and dashes is the plural of dine and dash.

Meaning of dine and dash

Noun

dine and dash (plural dine and dashes)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) The crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying.
    • He was also an irresponsible boozehound who habitually ran out on the check in restaurants, even though he must have known it was the waitress who had to pay the bill for such dine-and-dash customers.2009 November 20, Stephen King, “Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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Questions about dine and dashes

What is dine and dashes the plural of?
Dine and dashes is the plural of dine and dash.

Words near dine and dashes in the dictionary

  1. dindunuffin
  2. dindunuffins
  3. dindus
  4. dine
  5. dine and dash
  6. dine and dashes
  7. dine at the Y
  8. dine in
  9. dine on ashes
  10. dine out
  11. dine out on

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