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

Recent Examples on the Web There will be 25 in titanium with a blue plate and white rubber strap and 25 in titanium with a red-gold plate on an army green rubber strap, priced at CHF 198,000 (approximately $230,000). Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023 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 The blue plate has been reportedly requested by motorists and collectors for years, and Benson said the plate was used in 1965 when the National Voting Rights Act became law. Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2021 All of the food will be served on ceramic tableware made by Lim and his wife, from a striking dark blue plate to a jet-black bowl shaped like an open tulip. Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2021 The single most alluring entree is a big blue plate of moist sea bass, yellow from turmeric and swaddled in a banana leaf, escorted by tomato chutney and a bowl of kichidi, one of the few nods to the chef’s homeland. Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021 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

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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 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

blue plate

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