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Examples
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I telled her I couldn't just then, for I hadn't set on th 'potaties for th' dinner, nor washed up th 'breakfast stuff yet.
Agnes Grey 1931
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"We've been diggin 'the potaties!" she whispered, her eyes dancing.
In Orchard Glen Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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You ought to have a good supper of tay and a piece of steak and some potaties rather than this!
The Queen's Twin and Other Stories Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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Not so big as noo potaties at home, but 'taters they are.
Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy George Manville Fenn 1870
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There happened to be an old sow of his, who was very fond of Pat's _potaties_, and a constant _throuble_ to him, just then in the field when the sheep came home.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Susanna Moodie 1844
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I telled her I couldn't just then, for I hadn't set on th 'potaties for th' dinner, nor washed up th 'breakfast stuff yet.
Agnes Grey Anne Bront�� 1834
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He grudged us our potaties, and our own bread; and he grudged us every dhrap of swate wather that went into our mouths.
Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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You can use this to create savoury hors d'ouevres … or add to baked potaties, stews, soups and roast beef sandwiches.
BC Bloggers 2009
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The t-shirt read, “There is room for all God’s creatures… Next to the mashed potaties on my plate.”
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I couldn’t just then, for I hadn’t set on th’ potaties for th’ dinner, nor washed up th’ breakfast stuff yet.
Agnes Grey 2002
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