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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.

ExampleMeaning
They come in. They drive right up to the cottage. They unpack. They c-- we invite them- the- the first day we invite them over for supper to sort of- because of the trip and-everything-else. And a couple of days later, they invite us for supper and it just turned out beautifully (laughs).
The last meal of the day.
ExampleMeaning
Seven to seven-fifty and ah it's Sunday from five to six and that's the one that's the iffy time. It's supper time towards the end of the weekend and-so-on, but ah.
The last meal of the day.
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... a kid looking in this window- 'cause we couldn't afford to have a colour T-V even though my father owned the store, he could afford to maybe have one T-V in stock and that sat in the window display, so, ev-- every night I'd go out after supper and I'd be- you'd see a hundred people sitting around the window- ... In my dad's store watching this colour T-V.
The last meal of the day.
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Oh (laughs) well we had- because there was lots of kids in our family, we made our own fun at home. We- we built snow houses in the yard and play outside until you-know 'til it was time to go to bed practically after supper. We had a yard-light in the yard and in the winter especially I can remember a lot of snowball fights and, you-know, building snowmen and playing outdoors.
The last meal of the day.
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And ah, the- I was sitting at the table here a week or- little more than a week ago now. And ah I f-- I threw the food out for the partridge and I- we were sitting at the table having our- having our supper and I- I was a- saw out the window a movement so I turned and looked and it was a fox going right along where I threw the food for the partridge.
The last meal of the day.
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Anyway, ah we were down there for two months. And as I said, I would play with Natalie in the afternoon and we would have supper in her private dining room with the governess.
The last meal of the day.
But at that time, you'd go out in the morning, you'd stay all- you'd have your supper out there. And I can still see mother sitting there.
The last meal of the day.
Speaker: But mostly, she would sit there and watch us go in for a swim. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And ah she would have lunch for lunch and lunch for supper. Interviewer: Mm-hm (laughs).
The last meal of the day.
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Speaker: I used to come- on a hot summer like we had now, I would leave work at three-thirty, Shelly would have supper ready and-everything. I would grab everybody here and we would head straight out to Crystal-Beach. Interviewer: Oh yeah? Speaker: Oh man Crystal-Beach was the place. Interviewer: Yeah? Speaker: (Laughs) We'd have our supper there and we'd stay there 'til the flies got too bad-
The last meal of the day.
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She lives like a mile down the road from us, so we'll go see her on Sundays for supper.
The last meal of the day.
Ah, we made spaghetti for supper. It was delicious and garlic bread.
The last meal of the day.
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Well Val and her sister (inc) stayed at her place, she stood up for us and my brother Hank and ah mother cooked this great, big supper 'cause she was having them all for supper so when we were to go down for eight-o'clock I was- I got- I wanted to get married in the same place she was-
The last meal of the day.
No, they were- they were at our place for the supper that we- (laughs) my mother waited for us. And then they- we all, they went in the back seat with us and (inc) my brother stood up I think (inc). And Monica, she was four years old. She's seventy-four now I-guess.
The last meal of the day.
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... the car driver that brought the hunters up had slept most of the day because he'd been driving all night. So he'd stayed at the house, so I gave him supper and I said, "Come on I'll take you on a tour of the town."
The last meal of the day.
And ah they were working at the mine and ah after supper, when ah on the thirteenth of December, yeah, I ah I- I'd been in labour all day, but it wasn't anything. It was only bad- bad enough that I couldn't do the dishes or I couldn't do the washing or I could tidy the house.
The last meal of the day.
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... I'd get up in the morning and be gone before anybody's up and I'm gone down to the bush and, you-know, nobody- nobody says anything. I know that I got to be home at five-o'clock for supper, or else, you-know- ... I'll get a kick in the arse. And ah that's it. That's the way it goes.
The last meal of the day.
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Jeremy was quite an accordion player and-everything-like-that. But in those days, the hotels had to close from six to eight. And they- you-know, they had to close and so everybody came home for hot supper at six so supper was at six for must people.
The last meal of the day.
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Yeah my dad grew up on the farm. He would have to ah- everyday after school he would walk home, work 'til supper, and then they'd get called in for supper and he'd have to eat supper, go back to finish up his chores on the farm, and then he'd have maybe and hour or even half an hour for homework and go to bed.
The last meal of the day.
Interviewer: He'd come home at night. Speaker: Come home and have to do that and then go home at seven-o'clock and have supper. Interviewer: Gross. Speaker: So, it was hard- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Yeah.
The last meal of the day.
So he remembers having to go home every Friday night, do his farm work, have supper, finish up, and then run down the hill 'cause he lives down on the Radley's-Hill, it's a really steep hill.
The last meal of the day.