prattie

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Noun

prattie (plural pratties)

  1. (dated, Ireland, slang) A potato.
    • Haul Away Joe (sea shanty; Andrew Draskóy's version)
      Once I was in Ireland / Digging turf and pratties / And now I'm on a Yankee ship / Hauling on sheets and braces.
    • 2009, Mary Pat Kelly, Galway Bay:
      He was dressed in his best suit, looking well, his face brown from working in his potato patch. He grows five different varieties, still experimenting, trying to find a prattie that would resist the blight.

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