unhappy meal
n.— «Some police departments contract with McDonald’s to provide meals for prisoners in the city jail. Cops often call these meals “Unhappy Meals.”» —“Still happy after all these years” by Marc Munroe Dion Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) July 22, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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