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prattie

prattie noun: a potato.

Noun

prattie (plural pratties)

  1. (Ireland, dated, slang) A potato.
    • Once I was in Ireland / Digging turf and pratties / And now I'm on a Yankee ship / Hauling on sheets and braces.Haul Away Joe (sea shanty; Andrew Draskóy's version)
    • 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.2009, Mary Pat Kelly, Galway Bay

Forms of prattie

pluralpratties

Questions about prattie

What does prattie mean?
Prattie means a potato.
What part of speech is prattie?
Prattie is a noun.
What is the plural of prattie?
The plural of prattie is pratties.

Words near prattie in the dictionary

  1. prattery
  2. Prattes
  3. prattfall
  4. prattfalls
  5. Prattian
  6. prattie
  7. pratties
  8. pratting about
  9. pratting around
  10. prattish
  11. prattle

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