'tater

plural 'taters

1. alternativeAlternative form of tater.

   Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls!

   1936 December 23, Hazel Livingston, “‘Love’s Litany’”, in Walter V. Hogan, editor, The Daily Reporter, volume XX, number 53, White Plains, N.Y.: White Plains Publishing Company, →OCLC, chapter IX, page 18, column 4

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   Potato farming as a single crop requires a lot of acreage and machinery to be profitable. You can’t plant ’taters on priceless real estate, and so many of the farmers who remain, particularly the younger ones, have wisely turned to planting perishable, more labor-intensive but much more profitable crops.

   1993 December 5, Miriam Ungerer, “For Some L.I. Farmers, New Potatoes Are Old Potatoes”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2024

   This permanent space is a snazzy upgrade from their market tram, a little like a Wonka factory for potatoes, with sacks of spuds sitting in one corner, fancy cast-iron potato ovens roasting away, and a production line of workers dishing out tasty ’taters at speed.

   2026 January 22, Sammy Gecsoyler, “‘We want to make jacket potatoes sexy again!’: how the humble spud became a fast food sensation”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2026