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blue-plate specials

blue-plate specials is the plural of blue-plate special.

Meaning of blue-plate special

Noun

blue-plate special (plural blue-plate specials)

  1. (US, dated) 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.1928 December 2, Bertram Reinitz, “Where New York Dines on a Dime […]”, in The New York Times (Special Features section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Questions about blue-plate specials

What is blue-plate specials the plural of?
Blue-plate specials is the plural of blue-plate special.

Words near blue-plate specials in the dictionary

  1. blue-pilled
  2. blue-pilling
  3. blue-pills
  4. blue-plate
  5. blue-plate special
  6. blue-plate specials
  7. blue-print
  8. blue-prints
  9. blue-red
  10. blue-ribbon
  11. blue-ringed octopi

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