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Definition of Supes
1. supe [n] - See also: supe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supes
Literary usage of Supes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"... CHAPTER XL The Noble Army of " supes."—Custom of Laughing at these People.— Bough
Treatment by Managers. —A Frightened "Savage."—Utility People. ..."
2. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"... CHAPTER XL The Noble Army of "supes."—Custom of Laughing at these People.— Bough
Treatment by Managers. — A Frightened "Savage."—Utility People. ..."
3. Music (1899)
"The old supes have a word for many of the chorus people—who have all been with
... As has been said, the chief function of the supes is to be scenery or to ..."
4. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"In four of them the content of supes filler was as follows: 5 percent II mixture,
20 percent III mixture, 30 percent IV mixture, and 48 percent VI mixture; ..."
5. Famous Funny Fellows: Brief Biographical Sketches of American Humorists by William Montgomery Clemens (1882)
"In a recent article in the Sun, Mr. Peck discourses as follows on the PECULIARITIES
OF THEATRICAL supes. About the most laughable thing around a theatre is ..."
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