Definition of "dinner-party" [dinner-party]

• A party of guests invited to dinner and for social intercourse or entertainment. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Lowenstein then misrepresents the views of those he's characterized as a dinner-party lynch mob cohort, claiming they believe the following: "that people who take big risks should be subject to a criminal investigation; that executives of large financial firms should be criminal suspects after a crash; that public revulsion indicates likely culpability; that it is inconceivable ... that people could lose so much money absent a conspiracy; and that Wall Street bears collective guilt for which a large part of it should be incarcerated.""
• "You also do some little moves during the dinner-party scene in "Marie and Bruce.""
• "A working married man who writes thank-you notes for the Tonka Toys given to a 5-year-old or saves ribbons to wrap gifts presented to dinner-party hostesses?"