'dine

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dine"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːn/, [diːn], [dĩːn], enPR: dēn

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• Rhymes: -iːn
• Homophones: dean, dene

Noun

'dine (plural 'dines)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of sardine.
   • 2009, Stephen King, Under the Dome, page 1005:

     He got up and grabbed another can of 'dines. Instead of commenting on the olfactory association he had made between sardines and deceased female sex organs, he asked what seemed to be the logical question. “What are we going to do, boss?”

   • 2022, Timothy Cotton, Dawn in the Dooryard, page 192:

     The way I look at it, someone other than me is eating sardines. When the pandemic-related food shortages hit, i couldn't find a dang can of 'dines anywhere on the shelves.