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mash potato, n. Now chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˌmaʃ pəˈteɪtəʊ|, U.S. |ˈˌmæʃ pəˈteidoʊ|
[Probably partly ‹mash n.1 + potato n., and partly shortened > adj. Special uses.]
1. = mashed potato n. (a) at mashed adj. Special uses.
1797J. Woodforde Diary 17 Nov. (1931) V. 80 Eat pretty hearty of a fresh boiled Tongue & mash Potatoes. 1928Decatur (Illinois) Sunday Rev. 2 Sept. 11/6 By and by they emptied the mash-potato bowl, and the fried chicken platter. 1969Times 27 May 29/5 Vendepac..produces..two sorts of instant mash potato. 1999Time Out N.Y. 25 Feb. 46/2 This modest bistro offers..four potato sides, including tempuralike pommes frites and excellent mash potatoes with leeks.
2. Also with capital initials. = mashed potato n. (b) at mashed adj. Special uses.
[1961Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 4 Feb. 7/8 (advt.) Mr Mash Potato... Limbo... Baron Lewis Orch.] 1962Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer (Electronic text) 5 July Twist—mash potato—slop—dancing—fun. 1963N.Y. Times 23 Sept. 31/2 Best of all,..it provides four hours of live rock 'n' roll music for such dances as the slop, the chicken, the mash potato and the dogfight. 1976J. Hunter in D. S. Harrison & T. Trabasso Black Eng. vii. 141 Is de same dance ri' now..they jes change rung, diffrunt name..Mash Potato das Charleston. 1997‘Two Fingers’ in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 220 They stop and do the Hustle Bump, the Mash Potato, the Fly. |