mashed potato-ey

A form of mashed-potatoey — Resembling or characteristic of mashed potato.

Meanings

adjectivemashed potato-ey (comparative more mashed potato-ey, superlative most mashed potato-ey)

comparative more mashed potato-ey · superlative most mashed potato-ey

  1. alternativeAlternative form of mashed-potatoey.

    Conditions were about 6" of new, heavy powder; mashed potato-ey by the end of the day.

    1999 February 23, Penny Schwyn, “Why did I hate these skis?”, in rec.skiing.alpine (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Nov 2023
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    Easy access to nightlife necessary as well as convenient: mashed potato-ey beds and a vaguely mildewy bathroom give incentive to be nocturnal.

    1994, Let’s Go, Inc., edited by Rachel Geman and Brian Kaplan, Let’s Go: The Budget Guide to Spain & Portugal, 1994, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 253

    If conditions are midwinter icy and iffy, or spring mushy and mashed potato-ey, he can go to his alpine skis.

    1997 January 17, Lew Cuyler, “Tight Turns”, in The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass.: Pittsfield Publications, Inc., page D1, column 1

    Don't know if I can hold this line......tree coming..... Barely did it, evergreen tree slaps at my right side as I fly past it, mashed potato-ey sand flying right along with me.

    2000 May 22, CP1, “RR: Arcadia Lake (Kinda Long... well real long.)”, in alt.mountain-bike (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Nov 2023
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APA

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Chicago

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