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blue plate

Syllabification: (blue plate)
Definition of blue plate

adjective

[attributive]
  • (of a restaurant meal) consisting of a full main course ordered as a single menu item:the blue plate special

Origin:

mid 20th century: with reference to the original blue plates divided into compartments, on which fixed-price restaurant meals were served

blue plate in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of blue plate in the British & World English dictionary