suppertime

See also: supper-time and supper time

English

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Etymology

supper +‎ time

Noun

suppertime (countable and uncountable, plural suppertimes)

  1. The time when supper takes place.
    • 2006, Charles Davis, Angel’s Rest, Don Mills, Ont.: MIRA Books, →ISBN, page 143:
      Lacy couldn’t spell good but in big pencil letters he wrote that he had to go downtown and would be back before suppertime.
  2. The time when supper is ready.

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all senses — see dinnertime
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