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countable and uncountable, plural suppers
Food consumed before going to bed. quotations examples
There he stood, with admirable patience, […] longing to go to rest for hours past; aware that suppers disagreed with him […] so tired and longing for bed!
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 46, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850
Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon. examples
(Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, slang) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips. quotations
Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips.
2014, Gerald Hansen, An Embarrassment of Riches
third-person singular simple present suppers, present participle suppering, simple past and past participle suppered
To consume a snack before going to bed. examples
To eat dinner. examples
plural suppers
A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups). examples