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
They broke the little blue plate she loved.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Vola stacked the johnnycakes on a blue plate, then paused.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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