| 单词 | irish apple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIrish apple (a) Modifying the names of fruit to designate a potato, as Irish apple, Irish apricot, Irish grape, Irish lemon, etc. Cf. Irish fossil n. at Compounds 3. rare after 1970s. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato potato root1583 pratie1749 Murphy1750 tater1759 pomme de terre1776 Irish apricot1785 tatie1788 tattiec1800 spud1845 aloo1916 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Irish apricots, potatoes; it is a common joke against the Irish vessels to say they are loaded with fruit and timber, that is, potatoes and broomsticks. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 122/2 Irish apricots, potatoes. 1847 Farmer's Mag. May 425/2 It is called ‘the root of evil’—‘the Irish plum’, and has been pronounced by those who have written to instruct the nation, as containing ‘little or no nutriment’, and ‘the curse of Ireland’. 1887 Weekly Med. Rev. 12 Mar. 307/2 The homely, modest potato, familiarly known as the ‘Irish lemon’, has discovered a new field for usefulness. 1888 Science 27 Jan. 50/2 She tested nearly all of the Irish apples, and found that they had been cooked to the proper consistency save one. This particular ‘spud’ remained as hard as adamant. 1900 Manch. Q. 19 226 [Lancs.] Oatmeal he calls ‘porritch powder’. Potatoes are ‘Irish grapes’. 1970 J. P. Spradley You owe yourself Drunk ii. 31 Supper: terrific—baby beef, dressing, mashed ‘Irish apples’. 1975 M. McGinn Fry Little Fishes i. 16 Thankful they were to see the last of the tatties. ‘Get them Irish grapes lifted,’ shouted Flafferty. < as lemmas |
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