Ta"ble d'hote" (ta"bl' dOt`); pl. Tables d'hote (#). [F., literally, table of the landlord.]
A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.
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Ta"ble d'hote".
Now, commonly, a meal, usually of several courses, in a restaurant, hotel, or the like, for which one pays a fixed price irrespective of what one orders; -- often used adjectively; as, a table-d'hote meal.
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