"struggle meal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: struggle meals [plural]
Etymology: From struggle + meal. Etymology templates: {{com|en|struggle|meal}} struggle + meal Head templates: {{en-noun}} struggle meal (plural struggle meals)
  1. (colloquial) A cheap and easily prepared meal made from whatever ingredients are available, usually by poor college students. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-struggle_meal-en-noun-ASnFqnWT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Meals

Inflected forms

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