Proper noun
Dines (plural Dineses)
A surname.
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. Benjamin Franklin
A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in w. Jonathan Swift
Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases. Diogenes of Sinope
Who depends on another man's table often dines late. Italian Proverb
No one knows how the poor man dines. Russian Proverb
He that dines with the gods must do so with a very long spoon. African Proverb