† suppagen.
Obsolete. rare.
Light food of the sort eaten at supper.In quot. 1597 ironic, referring to the very light diet of a fasting person.
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1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxii. 207 For foode they had bread, for suppage salt, & for sawce herbes.
1662 M. W. Marriage-broaker iii. i. 16 Here's gold to buy Thee pins, here's more to purchase busks and laces; And for thy Aunt, here woman hold thy hand, Here's price for suppage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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