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单词 irish fossil
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Irish fossil
Irish fossil n. Obsolete a potato; cf. sense A. 5b(a).Apparently only in or with reference to the writings of Sydney Smith.
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1843 S. Smith Let. 18 Dec. in Mem. S. Smith (1855) II. 522 I hope the Irish fossils have reached you by this time, and that they are approved of.
1855 Lady Holland Mem. S. Smith I. 376 You always detect a little of the Irish fossil, the potato, peeping out in an Irishman.
extracted from Irishadj.adv.n.
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