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plate
noun- a plate of food brought by a guest to a party AUSTRALIA, 1961
The notion of “bringing a plate” to supplement the food laid on by the host is an Australian social tradition. - All players participating in the Inter-town match this Saturday are asked to bring a plate and be at the Town Tennis Club by 8.50 am. — Herald, p. 16, 18 July 1984
- a badge US
- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 178, 1949
- a phonograph record US, 1935
- — Frank A. Collymore, Barbadian Dialect, p. 85, 1965
- I genuinely like all those same plates of horrid blare and them for pleasure myself[.] — Lester Bangs, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, p. 376, 1981
- a decorative tooth cap US
- The teeth caps are alternately called grills, fronts, shines, plates, or caps, and these glittering decorative pieces are the latest hip-hop culture trend making its way into the mainstream. — Boston Globe, p. C1, 31 January 2006
▶ on a plate; on a platter
easily acquired; with little or no effort required UK, 1935- [H]is chin was exposed and presented to me on a plate. BOOF! I whacked him smack on the button. — Dave Courtney, Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off, p. 246, 1999
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