| 单词 | mashed potato |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmashed potato mashed potato n. (a) potatoes mashed (esp. after peeling and boiling) and usually mixed with butter and milk or cream; also in plural; (b) (in form Mashed Potato) a popular dance of the early 1960s, originating in the United States, in which the dancers make repeated sideways steps (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other popular 20th-century dances > [noun] mashed potato1747 bunny hug1912 chicken scratch1912 bunny-hugging1916 jazz1919 black bottom1925 shuffle1925 Mess Around1926 snake hips1933 Susie-Q1936 Lambeth Walk1937 bunny hop1938 bop1956 pony1961 Watusi1961 locomotion1962 mash potato1962 frug1964 hully gully1964 dancercise1967 pogo1977 moonwalking1980 slam dance1981 slam dancing1981 body-popping1982 b-boying1984 mosh1985 moshing1987 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > prepared potatoes > mashed potatoes mashed potato1747 mash potato1797 mash1904 mashed1923 duchesse potatoes1947 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 99 Mashed Potatoes. Boil your Potatoes, peel them, and..mash them well; To two Pounds of Potatoes put a Pint of Milk..stir in, and serve it up. 1824 M. Randolph Virginia House-wife 120 Potatoe Balls. Mix mashed potatoes with the yelk of an egg, roll them into balls. 1898 Overland Monthly Dec. 513 Lucindy was busy frying bacon and some mashed potatoes left over from lunch. 1959 D. Roziers (title of song) (Do the) mashed potatoes. 1963 Punch 6 Mar. 347/1 The Mashed Potato..remains as much of a mystery as the Hully-Gully and the Loco-Motion. 1989 Independent 9 Dec. 32/8 Would-be teen queens in America entered competitions to display their prowess at bizarre refinements of the Frug, Watusi or Mashed Potato. 1994 Guardian 15 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 49/4 My ribeye of beef with mashed potato. < as lemmas |
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