TV dinner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of TV dinner
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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In a nation that invented the likes of the frozen TV dinner, Childers is winding back the clock with technology that would be recognizable to farmers two millenia ago.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
If you want to wear rainbow chard, a sardine tin, or a TV dinner in your hair, Lennick has a clip for that, though the company's bestseller is a strawberry.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
But your homemade meals don’t have to resemble a frozen TV dinner, with its segmented tray of meat, an amorphous sauce, a scoop of peas or rice and a mysterious, saccharine lump of... jello?
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2025
The first time I recall eating this dish was in a TV dinner — those flat, foil-covered trays with little compartments to hold your meat, potatoes and vegetables.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2022
He would fix himself a TV dinner, open a Coke, and sit on his cot listening to the radio.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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