Meanings
plural mash potatoes
- countableuncountableMashed potato (food)
I ate a mash potato today.
1995, Conan O’Brien et al., “Foreword —Carl “Oldy” Olson”, in If They Mated?, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN4 more examples
Roasted Vegetables topped with a mash potato with a cheese herb crust
2008 November 9, The Wealden Hall, “Evening Brasserie Set Menu”, in Kent on Sunday, number 320, Ashford, Kent: KOS Media Ltd., page 32I cooked fisherman’s pie, with white fish and prawns, in a cheese sauce, with a mash potato on top.
2010, John Stewart, Twin Gap Valley, Kennoway, Fife: Spiderwize, →ISBN, page 26Pan Fried Lambs Liver and Bacon served on a mash potato with chives, with onion gravy
2010 April 27, The Windwhistle Inn, “Windwhistle Menu”, in Pulman’s View from Seaton & Beer, number 248, Axminster, Devon: Tindle, page 50Tha’ll help me make a bit of dinner for tonight with a few mash potatoes.
2011, Kathleen Doyle, “Fish and Chips”, in What Ma Always Said: […], Dublin: Poolbeg Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 145 - countableuncountableMashed potato (dance)
Interestingly enough, while Gilly usually tries do the mash potato, this time he went with a waltz.
2009, Jarrod Kimber, The Year of the Balls 2008: A Disrespective, page 39
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of mashed potato with regular deletion of d before p, from mashed + potato. Compare ice cream (from iced cream).
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