HistoryArt

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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

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[–] pibfyhd7g57gd5u64f@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

They had square plates, hence the phrase, "a square meal".

That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about colloquialisms to dispute it.