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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
Dictionary Entries Near blue plate
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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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