"'dine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /diːn/, [diːn], [dĩːn] Audio: en-us-dean.ogg Forms: 'dines [plural]
enPR: dēn Rhymes: -iːn Head templates: {{en-noun}} 'dine (plural 'dines)
  1. (colloquial) Clipping of sardine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial Alternative form of: sardine
    Sense id: en-'dine-en-noun-EoIUM3tn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Timothy Cotton, Dawn in the Dooryard, page 192:",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
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        "Clipping of sardine."
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        "(colloquial) Clipping of sardine."
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    },
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      "ipa": "[diːn]"
    },
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      "ipa": "[dĩːn]"
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  ],
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        "English terms with quotations",
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    },
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    },
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