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Irish potato   /ˈaɪrɪʃ pətˈeɪtˌoʊ/   Listen
Irish potato

noun
1.
An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.  Synonyms: murphy, potato, spud, tater, white potato.





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... temper—the motion, the lack of space, the cruel publicity, the villainous tinned foods, the sailors, the passengers." Again he remarks concerning the food: "Our diet had been from the pickle tub or out of tins; I had learned to welcome shark's flesh for a variety; and an onion, an Irish potato, or a beefsteak had been long lost to sense and dear ...
— The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson • Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez


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