planned overs

planned overs
 n.pl.— «One housekeeper I know does not call these portions “left overs” but planned overs for which she plans when the first meal is cooked.» —“Woman Taking an Affection Look at Herself in the Mirror” by Helen Hoyt Gazette and Bulletin (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) Mar. 4, 1914. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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