square meal

Example Sentences

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Three or four children cram behind each desk at a local school, which aims to feed each pupil a bowl of rice and beans so they can have at least one square meal per day.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2021

Maybe for lunch today I’ll make a square meal of my own.

From The Verge • Aug. 26, 2021

I also think you could consider having some/all of your teenagers plan and prepare a square meal for the family on a semiregular basis.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2020

On this day in 1895, the Nogales Oasis newspaper noted that in Phoenix, “there are now several restaurants offering a square meal for the sum of 15 cents.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2018

They’d planned the same stunt, signed on for a square meal and a month’s pay.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham