pratie

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pratie or praty (PRAY-tee) - n., a potato.


a pratie and a half
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Used primarily in Ireland, Scotland/N. England, and eastern Canada. From Irish prátaí, plural of práta, potato, from
Spanish patata (the source of English potato), from Taíno batata, sweet potato.


And that ends an undeclared theme week of plants ... run under the radar because I'm not really confident this one counts for that theme. Back to fully random next week.

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