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

Is it for the promise of a square meal that she takes so drastic a step, when she’s just found a guy she likes?

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 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

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