verb
Meaning 1
To go without dinner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: box Harry
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
dine with Duke Humphrey
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History
Etymology
Said to be from the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's.