supper-time

A form of suppertime — The time when supper takes place.

Meanings

nounsupper-time (countable and uncountable, plural supper-times)

plural supper-times

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of suppertime.

    The advice was not lost; the quadrille lasted till supper-time, and the two young people were soon gone ages in love, without having any suspicion of such a thing taking place.

    1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 255

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