"Janet Baraclough.." wrote in message
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from June Hughes contains these words:

A.S.M. what a 19th century sailor would eat

Surely A.S.M. Can't be A Square Meal?

Could be. They ate weevily ship's biscuit, which could well be cut in
squares.

Janet

I believe [have read] this to have been an original definition of
the expression, as the biscuits were square but can find no Oxford or
Roget's confirmation.
Regards Brian.