blue plate
adjective
: being a main course usually offered at a special price in a restaurant
a blue plate luncheon
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Maybe it’s got a lot of stuff on the menu besides blue plate specials.
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Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2022
The restaurant also offers a daily blue plate special where diners can choose between two entrees and an assortment of sides.
—Katie Friel, Chron, 26 Jan. 2023
These businesses are set up for success, but Wall Street isn’t offering the shares as a blue plate special.
—Charley Grant, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2021
Doing better doesn't have to mean cooking a perfect full course meal every day, a blue plate special every day, a meat and three in some parts of the country.
—Katie Workman, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2020
Each April, during Child Abuse Prevention Month, Aron works with local restaurants to offer a blue plate special.
—Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2022
The restaurant also offers a daily blue plate special where diners can choose between two entrees and an assortment of sides.
—Katie Friel, Chron, 26 Jan. 2023
These businesses are set up for success, but Wall Street isn’t offering the shares as a blue plate special.
—Charley Grant, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2021
Doing better doesn't have to mean cooking a perfect full course meal every day, a blue plate special every day, a meat and three in some parts of the country.
—Katie Workman, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2020
Each April, during Child Abuse Prevention Month, Aron works with local restaurants to offer a blue plate special.
—Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
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