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mash potato

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mash potato

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Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of mashed potato with regular deletion of d before p, from mashed + potato. Compare ice cream (from iced cream).

noun mash potatoes

  1. countable, uncountable Mashed potato (food) I ate a mash potato today.
  2. countable, uncountable Mashed potato (dance) Interestingly enough, while Gilly usually tries do the mash potato, this time he went with a waltz.

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"mash potato." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mash%20potato. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mash potato. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mash%20potato

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"mash potato." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mash%20potato.

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@misc{mash_potato_2026,
  title = {mash potato},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mash%20potato},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}