blue-plate special

See also: blue plate special

English

A typical blue plate, with a mug

Alternative forms

• blue plate special

Noun

blue-plate special (plural blue-plate specials)

1. (chiefly US, dated) A popular meal offered at a reduced price, usually in inexpensive eateries and often on a plate divided into compartments for different food items.
   • 1928 December 2, Bertram Reinitz, “Where New York Dines on Dime”, in New York Time, page 162:

     His big blue plate special, with meat course and three vegetables, is purchasable for a quarter.

   • 1968, Erik Barnouw, A History of Broadcasting in the United States: The Golden Web: 1933 to 1953, Oxford, →ISBN, page 36:

     Most had stayed at the convention hotel, but at dinner time many went across the street for the fifty-cent blue plate special.

See also

• blue-light special

Further reading

blue-plate special on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “blue-plate special”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.