Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Square meal   /skwɛr mil/   Listen
Square meal

noun
1.
A substantial and nourishing meal.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Square meal" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Now we'll find a job or make it," he answered: "No we will find a square meal or steal it," and then he told. Mickey watched him reflectively, but as he figured the case, it was not for him to suggest retreat. He condoled, paid for the meal, and started hunting work again, with Junior silent and dogged beside ...
— Michael O'Halloran • Gene Stratton-Porter
... square meal any way, and you're going to get it," she declared. "Sit right down there and we'll have supper when the boys ...
— Thurston of Orchard Valley • Harold Bindloss
... does not desire to become their food. She rejoices in the big brother's strength and status, but is not anxious to nourish it by offering up her own body in order that it may afford him, when over-hungry, that happy festival he is in the habit of calling a "square meal." (Loud laughter.) I must ask you now once more to allow me, gentlemen, to express my acknowledgments to you for this entertainment. It affords another indication of the feelings with which the citizens ...
— Memories of Canada and Scotland - Speeches and Verses • John Douglas Sutherland Campbell


Words linked to "Square meal" :   repast, meal


Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com