plan-overs

plan-overs n.pl. an excess of food cooked so as to have leftovers for future meals. Also planovers, plannedovers, planned-overs, and as adjective, planned-over, planover, plan-over. Editorial Note: Less often singular. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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