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square meal

noun

  1. a nourishing or filling meal:

    You'll feel better after you've had a square meal.



square meal

noun

  1. a substantial meal consisting of enough food to satisfy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of square meal1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

Robert Rosenthal asks if you can still get a square meal from a round can—plus view the most unappetizing products.

Robert Rosenthal asks if you can still get a square meal from a round can—plus, view the most unappetizing products.

I ain't had a square meal since yesterday morning, and I grabbed that at a quick-lunch joint.

At this lunch, which is my "square meal," I eat a large slice of beefsteak, say a third of a pound.

When a good square meal had somewhat thawed them out, I said, "Boys, what made you quit swearing last night?"

Every one made a splendid square meal; but Bedstemor took the prize for appetite.

The Cetonia-larva is a square meal in itself, one large dish, which has to retain a suitable freshness until the end.

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