blue plate
Americannoun
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a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
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Also called blue plate special. a specially priced main course, as of meat and vegetables, listed as an item on a menu, especially in an inexpensive restaurant.
Etymology
Origin of blue plate
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Do you want a blue plate or a green?
From Slate • Dec. 7, 2020
"Cars like this one used to have a blue plate if they were owned by the state and a yellow plate if they were private," Guillermo tells me.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2013
Is that the same con that's in chile con carne, the popular Mexican blue plate special?
From Time Magazine Archive
She toyed with a slice of cantaloupe on a blue plate.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
I lifted my head and squinted out at the bright blue plate of the sea—a bright blue plate with a dirty rim.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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