prattie

English

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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