mash potato

English

Etymology

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 potato (countable and uncountable, plural mash potatoes)

1. Mashed potato (food)
   • 1995, Conan O’Brien et al., “Foreword —Carl “Oldy” Olson”, in If They Mated?, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN:

     I ate a mash potato today.

   • 2008 November 9, The Wealden Hall, “Evening Brasserie Set Menu”, in Kent on Sunday, number 320, Ashford, Kent: KOS Media Ltd., page 32:

     Roasted Vegetables topped with a mash potato with a cheese herb crust

   • 2010, John Stewart, Twin Gap Valley, Kennoway, Fife: Spiderwize, →ISBN, page 26:

     I cooked fisherman’s pie, with white fish and prawns, in a cheese sauce, with a mash potato on top.

   • 2010 April 27, The Windwhistle Inn, “Windwhistle Menu”, in Pulman’s View from Seaton & Beer, number 248, Axminster, Devon: Tindle, page 50:

     Pan Fried Lambs Liver and Bacon served on a mash potato with chives, with onion gravy

   • 2011, Kathleen Doyle, “Fish and Chips”, in What Ma Always Said: […], Dublin: Poolbeg Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 145:

     Tha’ll help me make a bit of dinner for tonight with a few mash potatoes.

2. Mashed potato (dance)
   • 2009, Jarrod Kimber, The Year of the Balls 2008: A Disrespective‎^[1], page 39:

     Interestingly enough, while Gilly usually tries do the mash potato, this time he went with a waltz.