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blue plate
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noun
a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
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.
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Origin of blue plate
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby blue plate
blue-pencil, blue peter, blue phlox, blue pike, blue pill, blue plate, bluepoint, blue pointer, blueprint, blueprinting, blue racer
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