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dinner party

 
/ˈdɪn·ər ˌpɑr·ti/ n [C]

Definition

a social event where a number of people are invited by someone to eat a meal together, usually in the person’s home
(Definition of dinner party n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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