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Part of the day
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suppertime
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Word definitions for suppertime in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal [syn: dinnertime ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also supper-time , late 14c., from supper + time (n.).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The time when supper takes place. 2 The time when supper is ready. 3 supper hour, the hour between 18h00 and 19h00
Usage examples of suppertime.
On the second of day of September 1987, around suppertime, Eugene Johnson, the civilian biohazard expert attached to USAMRIID, stood in a passenger-arrival area outside the customs gates at Dulles International Airport, near Washington.
At suppertime, the neighborhood began to stir with life, people coming home from work, houselights coming on.
I was pleased at giving her such a delightful surprise, and I longed for suppertime that I might enjoy the sight of her pleasure.
Give me my buckles, as I am going for a country walk, and I shall not be in till suppertime.
But above that the brick wall was windowless except for the single tall crossbarred rectangle and he thought again of the Sunday nights which seemed now to belong to a time as dead as Nineveh when from suppertime until the jailer turned the lights out and yelled up the stairs for them to shut up, the dark limber hands would lie in the grimed interstices while the mellow untroubled repentless voices would shout down to the women in the aprons of cooks or nurses and the girls in their flash cheap clothes from the mail order houses or the other young men who had not been caught yet or had been caught and freed yesterday, gathered along the street.
Suppertime on a winter's Friday night, and Granny portioning out the sweet while Mum dished up savory haddock and fried potatoes.
As Lyra and the two College boys left Jericho when suppertime neared, they saw the gyptians gathering on the wharf next to where the Costas' boat was moored.
Thick, crusty dumplings-served with cinnamon, milk, and just a bit of sugar-were a suppertime favorite of hers, for she had been born and raised in Lancaster, the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch country, where that dish was considered a meal in itself.
It was nearly suppertime and Dean was fixing a standing rib roast that would be bloody rare and would melt in my mouth, with all the extras.
At suppertime there were baked potatoes, and Cajun-style greens, and a Grendel Scout favorite, a rolled biscuit-bread baked in the campfire.