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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1666-1678
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(Suppar,) Supper, v. [17th c. Eng supper (1622); Suppar n.] a. reflex. To provide (oneself) with supper. b. tr. To give (horses) an evening feed, to provide with fodder. — 1666–78 McCrie Mem. Veitch 401.
Ordered the whole troops to come in, after they had suppered themselves and their horses, to the town
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