Meat and vegetables boiled together in the New England manner.
1878. Slabs of fat, salt and unctuous, adding savor and strength to a biled dinner, or a fry of any sort.Rose T. Cooke, Cal Culver and the Devil, Harpers Mag., lvii. 575/1 (Sept.).
1897. The woman brought in a good boiled dinner of corned beef, potatoes, turnips, and carrots, from the kitchen, and a teapot.W. D. Howells, Landlord at Lions Head, chap. iii.