blue-plate special

noun

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  1. A popular meal offered at a reduced price, usually in inexpensive eateries and often on a…

    A popular meal offered at a reduced price, usually in inexpensive eateries and often on a plate divided into compartments for different food items.

    • [H]is big blue plate special, with meat course and three vegetables, is purchasable for a quarter, just as it has been for the last ten years.
    • Most had stayed at the convention hotel, but at dinner time many went across the street for the fifty-cent blue plate special.

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