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Irish apricots

Irish apricots is the plural of Irish apricot.

Meaning of Irish apricot

Noun

Irish apricot (plural Irish apricots)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A potato.
    • "Ha! ha!" retorted his opponent, with a malicious grin, "and sugar, Sir, sugar, sugar; will your Irish apricots make sugar? No, no, mangel wurzel is the thing to fatten and improve everything and anything. […]"1839, John Gideon Millingen, Stories of Torres Vedras, page 140

Questions about Irish apricots

What is Irish apricots the plural of?
Irish apricots is the plural of Irish apricot.

Words near Irish apricots in the dictionary

  1. Irish acre
  2. Irish acres
  3. Irish American
  4. Irish Americans
  5. Irish apricot
  6. Irish apricots
  7. Irish bacon
  8. Irish banjo
  9. Irish banjos
  10. Irish blight
  11. Irish Blue

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