WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
boiled dinner, [Northern and North Midland U.S.]
  1. Food, Dialect Termsa meal of meat and vegetables, as of corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes, prepared by boiling. Also called New England boiled dinner. 
  • 1795–1805, American.

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