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 Supped all his Porridge (He has).Supplica’tion. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Supper of Trimalchio (A).
 
A supper for gourmands of the upper classes in the reign of Nero. It forms a section of Petronii Arbitri Satyricon.   1
 


 Supped all his Porridge (He has).Supplica’tion. 

 
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