Dine & Dash (1987), or Chew & Screw

[John M. Spartz]

I suspect "dine and dash" may have been around even before 1987.  Ricky
Schroeder and friends, while on a triple date, attempted to "dine and dash" in
Silver Spoons, which ran from 1982 to 1986.  I know it is where I learned of
the term.

john

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> DINE AND DASH--65,000 Google hits
> CHEW AND SCREW--192 Google hits
> ...
> There's an article on "dine and dash" in the Sunday NY Daily News, Sunday
> Now, pg. 34. Neither "dine and dash" nor "chew and screw" is in the HDAS.
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> (GOOGLE NEWS)
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> _Food-loving scammers are hitting up New York_
> (http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/433735p-365055c.html)
> New York Daily News, NY -  <NOBR>19  ho
> By PASCALE Le DRAOULEC. Several times a  month, Bolivar Arias, a dining-room
> manager at Havana Central in Times Square,  nips a "dine and dash" in the
> bud.
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> _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dine_and_dash_
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dine_and_dash)
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> A dine and dash (also referred to in some quarters as "Chew and  Screw") is
> a
> form of _theft_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft)  where a patron eats at
> a _restaurant_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant)   and then leaves
> without paying.
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> (GOOGLE GROUPS)
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> _Roadside Prophets_
> (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.cult-
movies/browse_thread/thread/2d4fa8eb876e55cf/66140b66feb54f51?
lnk=st&q="dine+and+dash"&rnum=200
> &hl=en#66140b66feb54f51)
> ... among  others. "FREE FOOD FOR EVERYONE!" Cusack was great as the serial
> dine  and dash guy. Hope that wasn'ta spoiler...nah. ALso ...
> _alt.cult-movies_
> (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.cult-movies?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Feb  14
> 1994, 7:12 pm by Brian Boroimhe - 5 messages - 5 authors
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> ...
> _Anime Dream #91_
>
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime.misc/browse_thread/thread/834a20
eee57c7aaa/651fe35a8fee7ed9?lnk=st&q="chew+and+screw"&rnum=
> 15&hl=en#651fe35a8fee7ed9)
> ... special  going. :) It's especially a dream if you think they wouldn't do
> a  dine-and-dash. :) You mean a 'chew and screw'? (I'm just  ...
> _rec.arts.anime.misc_
> (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime.misc?lnk=sg&hl=en)  -  Dec 22
> 1998, 4:04 am by James A. Wolf - 12 messages - 10
> authors
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> _Front  Page 1 -- No Title_
> (http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?
index=1&did=115184825&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VNam
e=HNP&TS=11525052
> 60&clientId=65882)
> By TRISH HALL. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jul 31,
> 1987. p. A1 (2 pages)
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> Pg. B10:
>
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?
Search="dine+and+dash"+AND+stateid:67+AND+range:1759-1992)
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> Some  customers walk away without paying. "I call it dine and dash," said
> Allen  Barcelon, assistant manager of the Riviera, which has a busy,
> blocklong
> cafe in  Greenwich Village. At least every three days, he said, a customer
> walks
> away  from the outdoor cafe without paying th check. Once a week a passer-by
> picks up  money meant for the restaurant. Customers, too, must be beware. "I
> chased a  purse snatcher on my second week here," he said. "If it's not on
> your
> lap,  they'll take it."
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