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Definition meat-and-potatoes in American English

meat-and-potatoes adjective

adjective
1

with ordinary tastes and not liking anything unusual or complicated

Example

a real meat-and-potatoes kind of guy

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2

basic and simple

Example

a meat-and-potatoes diagram

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Definition meat-and-potatoes in American English