What does bedinner mean?
Bedinner means (transitive, nonce word) To take to dinner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, nonce word) To take to dinner..
Can he do nothing for his Burns but make a Gauger of him; lionise him, bedinner him, for a foolish while: then whistle him down the wind, to desperation and bitter death?
Do not trouble yourself with introductory letters to any of the colonists; they will never procure you a dinner, unless you are reported to be a man of capital or credit, in which case you will be bedinnered and bedrained until your money is gone and your credit ruined.
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Bedinner means (transitive, nonce word) To take to dinner..
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Can he do nothing for his Burns but make a Gauger of him; lionise him, bedinner him, for a foolish while: then whistle him down the wind, to desperation and bitter death?
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