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garbage plates

garbage plates is the plural of garbage plate.

Meaning of garbage plate

Noun

garbage plate (plural garbage plates)

  1. (New-York, slang) A large serving of mixed fast foods, such as hamburger patties, fries, macaroni salad, etc.
    • In Kevin's hometown of Rochester, New York, going out for garbage plates was a pastime for him and his buddies.2013, Liana Holmberg, Deborah Steinberg, Writing That Risks: New Work from Beyond the Mainstream

Questions about garbage plates

What is garbage plates the plural of?
Garbage plates is the plural of garbage plate.

Words near garbage plates in the dictionary

  1. garbage pandas
  2. garbage patch
  3. garbage patches
  4. garbage picking
  5. garbage plate
  6. garbage plates
  7. garbage scow
  8. garbage scows
  9. Garbage State
  10. garbage time
  11. garbage truck

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