Stanley Doble
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Does anyone remember dining out on a story? This was a common theme in English novels of long ago. If someone had an interesting anecdote or personal experience to tell, it might be said of him "he dined out on that story for years".
I took it that meant when a hostess was putting together a dinner party she would try to include someone who could entertain her guests.
This was an upper class thing or so I gathered. Never heard the phrase anywhere else but posh English novels. For some reason I got thinking about them today.
I took it that meant when a hostess was putting together a dinner party she would try to include someone who could entertain her guests.
This was an upper class thing or so I gathered. Never heard the phrase anywhere else but posh English novels. For some reason I got thinking about them today.