supper-time

See also: suppertime and supper time

English

Noun

supper-time (countable and uncountable, plural supper-times)

1. Alternative form of suppertime
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 255:

     The advice was not lost; the quadrille lasted till supper-time, and the two young people were soon gone ages in love, without having any suspicion of such a thing taking place.