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supper

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1300, OED Evaluation: N/A

The last meal of the day; (contextually) the time at which this is eaten, supper time. Also: the food eaten at such a meal. Often without article, demonstrative, possessive, or other modifier.

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We were in um, I believe it was maybe Rome and it was one of the teachers' birthday. So the teachers went out for supper and ah, we had- we had got hold of some absinthe.
The last meal of the day.
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We were always outside playing, you were always with friends, you were always- y-- you were yelled at to come home to have s-- lunch or supper or, you-know, or go to bed.
The last meal of the day.
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Speaker: Anyway and- and we all kni-- knit it or we just have fun. Interviewer: Mm. Speaker: And then have supper where everybody takes something and then- then that's something I go to. And then ah- oh but not the legion but I'm an ah life member now so I- and they have big stairs, eh?
The last meal of the day.
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If I could shoot a moose every time and have moose that night for supper, I would love that.
The last meal of the day.
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And she comes down every morning to make sure that they're dressed properly, that they're clean and that they're- they're having their breakfast. She comes down again at noon-hour to check again ah for their- their lunch time. And the same for supper. I was told ah she- they'd come down occasionally, not every night, but the- the- they drop in ah to- just to check and make sure everything is all right with them down there.
The last meal of the day.
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Speaker: ... when our older two boys, Craig and Andre were growing up ah Stace and I quite often would grab picnic table or a fold up table and a barbeque and hold it up and bring it out to the (inc)- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Sit there for the evening with the boys and have supper. Interviewer 2: Aw.
The last meal of the day.
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Interviewer: Was there any formal family gathering where you were responsible for the cooking? Speaker: Um I've had like my parents over for supper and-stuff. And I've had ah- I've made like a turkey dinner before and-stuff.
The last meal of the day.
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Interviewer: Oh, you sound- you were kept very busy I- I-think. Speaker: Oh yes. Yeah. First thing in the morning to last thing at- Interviewer: Wow. Are y-- Speaker: Yeah, after supper. All cleaned up, yeah. Interviewer: Wow. And how early would you wake up?
The last meal of the day.
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You know y-- you'd go out after your supper and- and play until nine-o'clock at night, until it got dark. Yeah. And once again, in most cases all ages, and- and-that-sort-of-thing.
The last meal of the day.
... we would go out in the morning and maybe come home for lunch, maybe not come home for lunch, or- ... Might go to my aunt's for lunch, or- a-- and-this-sort-of-thing. ... And then was out 'til suppertime. And ah, show up and have supper and go out again and play after. And improvise games and activities, yeah.
The last meal of the day.
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Um me and my friends are supposed to go out for supper and then they all cancelled on me. And I'm like "Kidding me, my only Friday I get off you guys all cancel on me." And I'm like "What am I going to do? Just watch movies now? That's- that's a fun Friday off." Like jeez guys.
The last meal of the day.
That's the way we eat- eat our spaghetti. I love going over there for supper. I'm like "Make me spaghetti." 'Cause like she makes exactly the way I love it so.
The last meal of the day.
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Like our house-mates 'cause we all shared a house and we'd have people come over for- we'd have potluck suppers or we'd- ... Have a perrogi party or-whatever, right?
The last meal of the day.
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... we were barn brats instead of you-know, growing up on the streets of New-Liskeard. So- so we'd go there after school, we'd ride our horses. Half the time we wouldn't even want to come home for supper. We'd just would have brown bagged a sandwich and-
The last meal of the day.
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And we would sit a row in front of my dad. Then, I'd turn back half-way through and my dad would be sleeping (laughs). Um, and then my ma-mere would always cook us our- um our suppers. And she still cooks me lunch and dinner everyday. Despite the fact that I live like up- u-- like not in the same household. Like, I live in the apartment underneath them.
The last meal of the day.
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She was in there for four years. She didn't mind it in there too much. I used to go and get her every Sunday for su-- Sunday supper until she fell and broke her hip and then I couldn't get the wheelchair- those stairs. So then I used to go in Sunday noon and have lunch with her.
The last meal of the day.
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... they always have a cookhouse and it had bunkhouse and they'd hire a cook and maybe a cookee and they would be up at six in the morning and out on the road in the bush at seven, take their lunch with them, come back at six and have supper after six. Same thing in the saw mills in the summer time.
The last meal of the day.
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So we- and at night there- there was ano-- a six-o'clock supper. And usually for some of us that were slower, there was a seven-o'clock supper. So lots of times I was in for the seven-o'clock supper at night. Seven days a week.
The last meal of the day.
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And followed them back up and then you'd- can't remember, I guess I must've- then I guess we must've come in and had supper and did our homework or-whatever.
The last meal of the day.
And I had a brunch for supper Monday night and Tuesday- what did we do Tuesday- oh, we went to a- a senior's day downtown. Yesterday we went to his nephews cottage to help them (inc) renovating the cottage.
The last meal of the day.