supe

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The disgraced former supe, as most of you know by now, tried extorting Chinese immigrant owners of Sunset District Quickly for $84,000, Not so effectively preying upon the same people he promised to support during his campaign.

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  1. A supernumerary in a theater; a super. [Colloq.]
  2. A toady; especially, one who toadies the professors. [College slang, U. S.]
  3. To act the supe, in either sense.

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  • Petez: We were linked to Kalinic when Keirrison's bids failed, who has been called the next generation supe ... —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • In 2008, he was awarded the privilege to train the highly skilled and intellectually supe - rior officers from the Competition Commission of Singapore. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • The disgraced former supe, as most of you know by now, tried extorting Chinese immigrant owners of Sunset District Quickly for $84,000, Not so effectively preying upon the same people he promised to support during his campaign. —  SFist
  • There's City Hall, Milk's "theater" and the site of his 1978 assassination, along with Mayor George Moscone, by fellow supe Dan White; the Castro District, meticulously made over to mimic Milk's 1970s; a dog-poopy moment in Duboce Park; and references to everything from district elections to this very newspaper. —  San Francisco Bay Guardian: Top Stories
  • I believe the main causes are the imminant retirement of millions of greedy 'baby boomers', all trying to cash in and supe up their supers! —  newmatilda.com - Comments
 

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  1. An abbreviation of super, 1, for supernumerary.
  2. from supe, n.
 

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