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the failure of a potato crop; cf. potato famine n.
famine caused by the failure of a potato crop; spec. (also Potato Famine) that in Ireland which began in 1845.
the famine in Ireland which began in 1845 and lasted several years, caused by successive failures of the potato crop; cf. potato famine n. at potato…