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bring-a-plate
adjective
(of a party or the like) partially self-catered AUSTRALIA- At parties when other girls more nervous than she spilt claret cup or trifle on the hostess’s carpet at those endless bring-a-plate kitchen teas she seemed always to be attending, she would say offhandedly, “Don’t worry[.]” — Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, p. 85, 1979
- He made most of the supper break as supper, a bring-a-plate affair, was undoubtedly the highlight of the bush dance. — Kerry Cue, Crooks, Chooks and Bloody Ratbags, p. 199, 1983
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