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dinner parties

dinner parties is the plural of dinner party.

Meaning of dinner party

Noun

dinner party (plural dinner parties)

  1. A relatively formal meal at which invited guests eat in the home of the host.
    • She is only coming to gloat over my bedraggled and flowerless borders and to sing the praises of her own detestably over-cultivated garden. I’m sick of being told that it’s the envy of the neighbourhood; it’s like everything else that belongs to her—her car, her dinner-parties, even her headaches...1919, Saki, The Toys of Peace and Other Papers
    Synonyms:
    guestmeal

Questions about dinner parties

What is dinner parties the plural of?
Dinner parties is the plural of dinner party.

Words near dinner parties in the dictionary

  1. dinner ladies
  2. dinner lady
  3. dinner lady arm
  4. dinner lady arms
  5. dinner man
  6. dinner parties
  7. dinner party
  8. dinner pill
  9. dinner pills
  10. Dinner Plain
  11. dinner plate

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