mash potato

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mash potato

Etymology

Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of mashed potato with regular deletion of d before p, from mashed +‎ potato. Compare ice cream (from iced cream).

Noun

mash potato (countable and uncountable, plural mash potatoes)

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