square meal
a nourishing or filling meal: You'll feel better after you've had a square meal.
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Robert Rosenthal asks if you can still get a square meal from a round can—plus view the most unappetizing products.
Robert Rosenthal asks if you can still get a square meal from a round can—plus, view the most unappetizing products.
I ain't had a square meal since yesterday morning, and I grabbed that at a quick-lunch joint.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerAt this lunch, which is my "square meal," I eat a large slice of beefsteak, say a third of a pound.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairWhen a good square meal had somewhat thawed them out, I said, "Boys, what made you quit swearing last night?"
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler | Pardee Butler
Every one made a splendid square meal; but Bedstemor took the prize for appetite.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice HarradenThe Cetonia-larva is a square meal in itself, one large dish, which has to retain a suitable freshness until the end.
More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri Fabre
British Dictionary definitions for square meal
a substantial meal consisting of enough food to satisfy
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