TV dinner
Example Sentences
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If you want to wear rainbow chard, a sardine tin, or a TV dinner in your hair, Lennick has a clip for that, though the company's bestseller is a strawberry.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
To latchkey children in the ’80s, the occasional sleazy teacher was as familiar as divorce or a TV dinner.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2022
The first time I recall eating this dish was in a TV dinner — those flat, foil-covered trays with little compartments to hold your meat, potatoes and vegetables.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2022
To my childhood self, it was the south Indian equivalent of green peas from the classic American TV dinner: the prerequisite something-green on the plate, the unpopular party guest somehow included on every guest list.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2021
The important thing, he would argue, is that behind every organic TV dinner or chicken stands acres of land that will no longer be doused with chemicals.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
