Suppers
[sʌpəz]
Examples
- Rawdon acquiesced in the justice of her opinion; and in truth he had remarked that after a few nights of his little suppers, &c. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When we used to have the suppers? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Suppers are not bad if we have not dined; but restless nights naturally follow hearty suppers after full dinners. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But it does seem so nice to have little suppers and bouquets, and go to parties, and drive home, and read and rest, and not work. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Scanty and insufficient suppers those, and innocent of meat, as of most other sauce to wretched bread. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- At the time of the ballroom's being built, suppers had not been in question; and a small card-room adjoining, was the only addition. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Sartin, sartin, Mas'r George; you go 'long, and I'll get ye up a bit o' chicken, or some sich; ye won't have many more suppers wid yer poor old aunty. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Her suppers on Saturday nights were very gay. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The beasts--however, it is simply absurd to suppose he did not know any more than to feed the beasts on oyster suppers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Try it, and see if he doesn't find your society far more agreeable than Mrs. Scott's suppers. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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