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While some of the boys cleared away what was left of the meal, Giant and the old hunter popped a pan full of corn, and of this and the cake, candy, and apples they made, later on, what they termed supper.
Guns and Snowshoes Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters Ralph Bonehill
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We built our igloos, and boiled the tea and had what we called supper.
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Matthew A. Henson 1888
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In other words, the late dinner was still called supper.
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QUOTATION: And men sit down to that nourishment which is called supper.
Quotations 1919
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Nell Beecroft learned it first when she brought the soup and prunes which she was pleased to call his supper.
The Lady Doc Caroline Lockhart 1916
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Cortlandt's death as a murder, and printed their customary sensational stories, even to a rehash of all that had occurred at the stag supper.
The Ne'er-Do-Well Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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And men sit down to that nourishment which is called supper.
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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About the sixth hour: when beasts most graze, birds best peck, and men sit down to that nourishment which is called supper. '
The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835
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I worked until late hours without a break, though Nefer brought me a plate of some kind of supper.
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7And men sit down to that nourishment which is called supper.
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