blue plate

adjective

: being a main course usually offered at a special price in a restaurant
a blue plate luncheon

Examples of blue plate in a Sentence

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Eating Seaweed in the Americas From the kelp highway to blue plate kelp specials, seaweeds are gaining greater acceptance on the dining tables in the Americas. JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024 Rotating blue plate specials $26-$36 Takeout available, walk-ins only. Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 8 May 2024 Maybe it’s got a lot of stuff on the menu besides blue plate specials. Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2022 The restaurant also offers a daily blue plate special where diners can choose between two entrees and an assortment of sides. Katie Friel, Chron, 26 Jan. 2023 These businesses are set up for success, but Wall Street isn’t offering the shares as a blue plate special. Charley Grant, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2021 Doing better doesn't have to mean cooking a perfect full course meal every day, a blue plate special every day, a meat and three in some parts of the country. Katie Workman, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2020 Each April, during Child Abuse Prevention Month, Aron works with local restaurants to offer a blue plate special. Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blue plate was in 1915

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“Blue plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20plate. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

blue plate

adjective
-ˌplāt
: being a main course usually offered at a special price in a restaurant
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