And this means that every civilized meal should include fish, fowl or beast.

A civilized meal in a civilized place with civilized people.

My husband and I wanted a nice, quiet, civilized meal to talk and share some time together - just the two of us.

"To sit down for a civilized meal is a necessity."

A calm, civilized meal shared with family or friends does indeed do a lot to restore one's happiness, even if just temporarily.

We could do with a civilized meal.

I want a roof over my head and a civilized meal.

She could have insisted on driving back to the tiny wide space in the road called Niland for a civilized meal.

It may be a long time before either one of us takes time for a civilized meal again.

Do you know it has been months since I have eaten anything that even vaguely approximated a civilized meal.