What is "suppers"

Usage examples of "suppers".

I declined to be present at his suppers, which were far from amusing, and gave the family of the actress an opportunity of laughing at the poor fool who was paying for them.

Bemis came to all our suppers till he left for Vienna, and always went away at midnight.

The suppers I had given at my house had set me perfectly at liberty, and the superintendent could do nothing to thwart our love, though he was informed of it, so well are the spies of Turin organized.

This circumstance would prevent the ambassador taking any more suppers with her, and I should have been delighted if chance had put this obstacle in his path a few days sooner.

We had also some very pleasant little suppers with pretty sinners in company with Don Francesco Sensate and Count Ranucci.

In the evening I had one of the best suppers I ever had in my life, if I except those I enjoyed during my stay at Turin.

What with assemblies, balls, suppers, and the society of the handsome Provenqal ladies, I managed to spend the whole of the carnival and a part of Lent at Aix.

In the mean time, she ruined him by making him pay constantly for excellent dinners and suppers, which were eaten by her family, but which did not advance him one inch towards the fulfilment of his wishes.

When a week had elapsed, Croce, finding that the pigeons would not come to be plucked, despite the suppers he gave, went to the public room, and lost continually.

The owner let it to me until Easter for one hundred sequins, which I paid in advance on condition that he would himself cook the dinners and the suppers I might order.

Every day parties of pleasure, every evening magnificent suppers, and every night a great faro bank.

It is my intention to give suppers here and hold a bank, but if I play without correcting the freaks of fortune I am sure to lose.