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Definition of Supperless
1. Adjective. Without supper. "Went to bed supperless"
Definition of Supperless
1. a. Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed.
Definition of Supperless
1. Adjective. Without supper. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supperless
Literary usage of Supperless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic by William Evans Burton (1859)
"... if you are not dead to gratitude—acknowledge how often should you have pone
supperless to bed in our bivouacs in the Peninsula, had it not been for the ..."
2. Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet by Henry Lansdell (1893)
"... station unapproachable; Waiting for baggage, and supperless to bed in the
open, 283.—A remarkable day, 284.— Arrival next morning of Osman Bai ..."
3. A Series of First Lessons in Greek: Adapted to Goodwin's Greek Grammar, and ...by John Williams White by John Williams White (1876)
"... supperless. 34- tá-8«X<j>V), í}s, fern, of seq., a sister. a 8í\4>ós, voc.
.... supperless ..."
4. The Story of My Life, Or, The Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years by Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1897)
"RECOLLECTIONS OF MY CHILDHOOD CONTINUED —JOB TURNER, MY DEAF AND DUMB DEFENDER —
AN IGNOMINIOUS FINALE —I AM SENT supperless TO BED. ..."
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