"three squares" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1983 February 2, Garrison Keillor, “A Return to Basics: Mealtime without Guilt”, in New York Times, retrieved 2021-01-04",
          "text": "Out there in Breughel, N.D., surrounded by an ocean of durum wheat, we got three squares a day, piled our plates and cried Yes! to seconds.",
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          "ref": "1999 July 20, David Usborne, “Corporate Profile: The Pepsi regeneration”, in Independent, retrieved 2021-01-04",
          "text": "\"We have a more than 50 per cent market share in the US and there is room to grow, especially internationally,\" said Frito-Lay Vice President, Lynn Markley. \"People are beginning to snack more instead of having their old three squares a day.\"",
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        "Three square meals, understood as a complete, satisfying, and nourishing regimen of food taken over the course of a day."
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        "(idiomatic) Three square meals, understood as a complete, satisfying, and nourishing regimen of food taken over the course of a day."
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