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cheeky yams

cheeky yams is the plural of cheeky yam.

Meaning of cheeky yam

Noun

cheeky yam (plural cheeky yams)

  1. Synonym of air potato.
    • Occasionally they were given a change of diet with 'cheeky' yams. When I first heard John and the natives talking about them I asked why they were called 'cheeky'. “Try one and then you'll know,” John said, handing me a piece.1962, Nancy Polishuk, Four Against the River, Dutton, →OCLC, page 85
    Synonyms:
    air potato

Questions about cheeky yams

What is cheeky yams the plural of?
Cheeky yams is the plural of cheeky yam.

Words near cheeky yams in the dictionary

  1. cheeky monkey
  2. cheeky monkeys
  3. cheeky Vimto
  4. cheeky Vimtos
  5. cheeky yam
  6. cheeky yams
  7. cheekyness
  8. cheel
  9. cheela
  10. cheelam
  11. cheelams

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