Fillup

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act or process of filling up; a replenishment.

    "We had slyly ordered a few gallons of punch to be brought down to the office, to give a fillup to the worthy workmen at the close of their labors..."

  2. 2
    Filler material.

    "[…] various vocal techniques of presentation and delivery as well as how to ad-lib assorted information from programme parades as "fill-ups" at programme junctions."

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"We had slyly ordered a few gallons of punch to be brought down to the office, to give a fillup to the worthy workmen at the close of their labors..."

Etymology

From fill + up.

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