square meal

Lucky there was hot bread and coffee on the bill or we'd never got a square meal.

They had their square meal last night, and they are not taking any this morning.

"I haven't had a square meal for twenty-four hours," went on the prisoner.

He had to have his square meal and his flashy flannel shirts.

I'm in it because a man who gave me a square meal when I was starving asked me to join it.

It then became a question of a square meal at the caravanserai.

"It's the first square meal I've had for over a week," he declared.

Is it not a fact that many of them never had a square meal in their lives!

"I'd like to ask for a square meal, too," said Mary, laughing.

I put up at Magnay's hotel, and was glad to have a square meal for dinner.