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ˈsupper-time
The time at which supper is taken.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 250 Keep sum til soper tyme. c1400Destr. Troy 3398 When yt seyit to Sopertyme he seruyt hir well With all daintes on dese & drynkes ynow. c1420Sir Amadas (Weber) 208 Sir Amadas was com and don lyght, And hit was soper tyme. 1518H. Watson Hist. Oliver of Castile (Roxb.) M 4, But bycause that the souper tyme approched..he abode not longe there. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, v. iii. 47 It's Supper time my Lord, it's nine a clocke. 1677Earl of Essex in Essex Papers (Camden) II. 134 It being neer supper time we went to supper. 1766Earl of March in Jesse Selwyn & Contemp. (1843) II. 17 The letters come here generally about supper-time. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair li, The greatest triumph of all was at supper-time. She was placed at the grand exclusive table with His Royal Highness. 1902V. Jacob Sheep-Stealers xiv, She yawned, and wondered what she could do to amuse herself until supper-time.
attrib.1580Tusser Husb. (1878) 178 marg., Supper time huswiferie. |