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square meal

noun

a nourishing or filling meal: You'll feel better after you've had a square meal.

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1830–40

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square meal

—n
	a substantial meal consisting of enough food to satisfy

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square (meal) definition

n.
a good and nutritious meal. (Always with quantifier when square is used without meal.) : I need three squares a day—at least. , The old soak looks like he could use a square meal.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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