Meanings
adjectivedone like a dinner (not comparable)
- Australianot comparablesimileTotally defeated; completely finished or gone.
Already he heard a smothered roar— "They're done like a dinner!" quoth Featherstonhaugh.
1892 June 11, Barcroft H Boake, “Featherstonhaugh”, in The Bulletin, Sydney, retrieved 22 Jul 2025, page 22
Origin
In reference to a dinner being "done," that is, finished cooking and ready to be eaten.
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APA
done like a dinner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/done%20like%20a%20dinner
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “done like a dinner,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/done%20like%20a%20dinner.
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