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square meal
noun
- a nourishing or filling meal:
You'll feel better after you've had a square meal.
square meal
noun
- a substantial meal consisting of enough food to satisfy
Word History and Origins
Origin of square meal1
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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