bump supper

English

Noun

bump supper (plural bump suppers)

  1. (UK) A supper given in celebration of the making of a ‘bump’ by a college boat.
    • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 442:
      ‘I once got clap after a bump supper,’ said Blanford gloomily, ‘and it wasn't gay at all. It took ages to get itself cured.’
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